Passion was responsible

Description: In collaboration with Colette Whiten.
Designed by Jack Diamond and Associates, Toronto, Ontario.
Permanently located on the grounds of the University of Calgary.

Measurements: approximately: 0.87 x 0.87 x 0.5568 m

Collection: Transcanada Pipeline Arch, Calgary, Alberta

Date Made: 1987-1988

Materials: Corten steel and bronze

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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Olympic Arch, (detail 3 of 7)

Artist: Paul Kipps

Work ID: 5590

Description: In collaboration with Colette Whiten.
Designed by Jack Diamond and Associates, Toronto, Ontario.
Permanently located on the grounds of the University of Calgary.

Measurements: approximately: 0.87 x 0.87 x 0.5568 m

Collection: Transcanada Pipeline Arch, Calgary, Alberta

Date Made: 1987-1988

Materials: Corten steel and bronze

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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Olympic Arch, (detail 7 of 7)

Artist: Paul Kipps

Work ID: 5595

Description: In collaboration with Colette Whiten.
Designed by Jack Diamond and Associates, Toronto, Ontario.
Permanently located on the grounds of the University of Calgary.

Measurements: approximately: 0.87 x 0.87 x 0.5568 m

Collection: Transcanada Pipeline Arch, Calgary, Alberta

Date Made: 1987-1988

Materials: Corten steel and bronze

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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Olympic Arch, (detail 2 of 7)

Artist: Paul Kipps

Work ID: 5589

Description: In collaboration with Colette Whiten.
Designed by Jack Diamond and Associates, Toronto, Ontario.
Permanently located on the grounds of the University of Calgary.

Measurements: approximately: 0.87 x 0.87 x 0.5568 m

Collection: Transcanada Pipeline Arch, Calgary, Alberta

Date Made: 1987-1988

Materials: Corten steel and bronze

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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Olympic Arch, (detail 5 of 7)

Artist: Paul Kipps

Work ID: 5593

Description: In collaboration with Colette Whiten.
Designed by Jack Diamond and Associates, Toronto, Ontario.
Permanently located on the grounds of the University of Calgary.

Measurements: approximately: 0.87 x 0.87 x 0.5568 m

Collection: Transcanada Pipeline Arch, Calgary, Alberta

Date Made: 1987-1988

Materials: Corten steel and bronze

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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Olympic Arch, (detail 6 of 7)

Artist: Paul Kipps

Work ID: 5594

Description: In collaboration with Colette Whiten.
Designed by Jack Diamond and Associates, Toronto, Ontario.
Permanently located on the grounds of the University of Calgary.

Measurements: approximately: 0.87 x 0.87 x 0.5568 m

Collection: Transcanada Pipeline Arch, Calgary, Alberta

Date Made: 1987-1988

Materials: Corten steel and bronze

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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Olympic Arch, (detail 4 of 7)

Artist: Paul Kipps

Work ID: 5592

Description: In collaboration with Colette Whiten.
Designed by Jack Diamond and Associates, Toronto, Ontario.
Permanently located on the grounds of the University of Calgary.

Measurements: approximately: 0.87 x 0.87 x 0.5568 m

Collection: Transcanada Pipeline Arch, Calgary, Alberta

Date Made: 1987-1988

Materials: Corten steel and bronze

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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Olympic Arch

Artist: Paul Kipps

Work ID: 5591

Description: In collaboration with Colette Whiten.
Designed by Jack Diamond and Associates, Toronto, Ontario.
Permanently located on the grounds of the University of Calgary.

Measurements: approximately: 0.87 x 0.87 x 0.5568 m

Collection: Transcanada Pipeline Arch, Calgary, Alberta

Date Made: 1987-1988

Materials: Corten steel and bronze

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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Weather Vanes, (detail 1 of 3)

Artist: Paul Kipps

Work ID: 5596

Description: In collaboration with Colette Whiten.

Measurements: life-size copper figures mounted on bronze, set in black granite/figures grandeur nature en cuivre montées sur bronze et fixees dans du granit noir

Collection: Bankers Hall, Calgary, Alberta

Date Made: 1990-1991

Materials: copper, bronze and granite

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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Weather Vanes, (detail 2 of 3)

Artist: Paul Kipps

Work ID: 5597

Description: In collaboration with Colette Whiten.

Measurements: life-size copper figures mounted on bronze, set in black granite/figures grandeur nature en cuivre montees sur bronze et fixees dans du granit noir

Collection: Bankers Hall, Calgary, Alberta

Date Made: 1990-1991

Materials: copper, bronze and granite

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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Weather Vanes, (detail 3 of 3)

Artist: Paul Kipps

Work ID: 5598

Description: In collaboration with Colette Whiten.

Measurements: life-size copper figures mounted on bronze, set in black granite/figures grandeur nature en cuivre montees sur bronze et fixees dans du granit noir

Collection: Bankers Hall, Calgary, Alberta

Date Made: 1990-1991

Materials: copper, bronze and granite

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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Sound and Colour Neighbours

Artist: Paul Kipps

Work ID: 5579

Description:

Measurements:

Collection:

Date Made: 1993-1994

Materials: sandblasted and painted boulders

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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Description: Installation at W139 Amsterdam, Holland.

Text
(we hope to have the audio version of the text on-line soon):

1. You're so reluctant to reveal yourself ...... (You would only use it against me)
2. Tell me what's bothering you ...... (You really don't want to know)
3. What have I done this time ...... (I shouldn't have to tell you)
4. You can talk to me ...... (Not until I trust you)
5. I feel you holding back ...... (I am as open as you let me be)
6. You withhold so much ...... (Telling you leaves me no protection)
7. You use your silence as a weapon ...... (I need a certain distance)
8. I'll explain ...... (I am not interested in your explanations)
9. I think your resistance is caused by fear ...... (If I am afraid you've given me reason)
10. I am trying to make contact with you ...... (You only want contact on your terms)
11. Tell me and I'll tell you ...... (I can't)
12. I think you should suspend judgment ...... (You're the one who is always measuring things)
13. You never let your guard down ...... (You always turn it around)
14. Why should I trust you, you've hurt me before ...... (I've been hurt as much as you)
15. You go first ...... (I always go first)

Measurements: 1.044 x 1.044 m

Collection:

Date Made: 1993-1994

Materials: granite boulders, digital voice announcer, speakers with repeated text (described below)

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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The space between us

Artist: Paul Kipps

Work ID: 5578

Description:

Measurements: 1.044 x 1.044 m

Collection:

Date Made: 1993-1994

Materials: cut, sandblasted and polished granite stones

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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Sound and Colour Neighbours, (detail)

Artist: Paul Kipps

Work ID: 5580

Description:

Measurements:

Collection:

Date Made: 1993-1994

Materials: sandblasted and painted boulders

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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I am doing the best I can

Artist: Paul Kipps

Work ID: 5576

Description: Installation at Cold City Gallery, Toronto.

Text - spoken by a single female voice
(we hope to have the audio version of the text on-line soon):

I am always anxious to start
I want to see something tangible
I should develop a plan
I'll decide as I go along
I'm excited by this idea
I'm afraid it won't hold up
I'm not able to suspend judgment
I can't always be objective
There is a certain security in the patterns that develop
There are so many traps to fall into
I want to get this finished
I'm doing the best I can

Measurements: photo: 121.92 x 182.88 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1994

Materials: sound system, speakers, digital voice announcer

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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It was chance

Artist: Paul Kipps

Work ID: 5571

Description: Text - spoken by a single female voice

It was chance
It was not providence
It was coincidence
It was the odds
It was luck
It was not belief
It was fortune
It was timing
It was circumstance
It was not control
It was by accident

Measurements: photo: 121.92 x 182.88 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1995

Materials: sound system, speakers, CD & player, photo

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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Romance

Artist: Paul Kipps

Work ID: 5575

Description: Text - spoken by a single female voice

seduced by material
preoccupied by means
inspired by the land
attracted by the exotic
drawn to the ideal
moved by the nostalgic
awed by the infinite
fascinated by the visionary
touched by the sentimental
overwhelmed by the fantastic
stilled by the night

Measurements: photo: 121.92 x 182.88 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1995

Materials: medite mounted black and white photograph, sound system with voice on CD repeating text (described below)

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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Artist: Paul Kipps

Work ID: 5572

Description: Text - spoken by a single female voice

passion was responsible
sex was a component
trust was an issue
history played a role
romance had an effect
fantasy was an agent
conditioning was instrumental
sensitivity was important
understanding was a problem
timing was a factor
family was influential

Measurements: photo: 121.92 x 182.88 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1995

Materials: sound system, speakers, CD & player, photo

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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It was your silence

Artist: Paul Kipps

Work ID: 5573

Description: Text - spoken by a single female voice

IT WAS YOUR RESISTANCE
IT WAS YOUR DOUBT
IT WAS YOUR FEAR
IT WAS YOUR INDIFFERENCE
IT WAS YOUR INFLEXIBILITY
IT WAS YOUR SELFISHNESS
IT WAS YOUR ANGER
IT WAS YOUR COLDNESS
IT WAS YOUR CONFIDENCE
IT WAS YOUR DISTANCE
IT WAS YOUR SILENCE

Measurements: photo: 121.92 x 182.88 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1995

Materials: sound system, speaker, CD & player, photo

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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You played the innocent when you understood

Artist: Paul Kipps

Work ID: 5574

Description: Text - spoken by a single female voice

you used me and I allowed it
you kept silent when you might have spoken
you deceived me and I was aware
you mouthed support when you didn't believe it
you professed love and it was a lie
you smiled when you didn't mean it
you had trust and took advantage
you showed faith only in private
you had friendship and it had no value
you played the innocent when you understood

Measurements: photo: 121.92 x 182.88 cm

Collection:

Date Made: 1995

Materials: medite mounted black and white photograph, sound system with voice on CD repeating text (described below)

Virtual Collection: Original CCCA

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