Phrase Triggers (1976-2020)
Mark Gane’s Phrase Triggers are excerpts from songs written and recorded by Martha and the Muffins—of which Gane was a founding member—and projected in various locations around Cape Breton. When removed from the context of each song and broken down into fragmentary texts, the phrases become more ambiguous in their meaning. The projection of the phrases onto the surfaces of structures and natural formations in the local environment open up space for unique associations between the words and the sites (particularly in their purpose or history), allowing the lyrics to take on new meanings beyond the original context of the songs.
From The Lion’s Den (2017)
This body of work was created during a month-long residency at Fogo Island Arts, on Fogo Island, Newfoundland, in 2017. The photographic series, by Will Gill, follows an unidentified trio in their journey to start over. The images were shot on the open ocean as well as in and around a cove called Lion’s Den on Fogo Island, in a punt handmade by Barr’d Islands boatbuilder Frank Combden. Lion’s Den is a sheltered cove which was once home to a community of 50 or so people and was resettled elsewhere in the 1950s. The series is a vignette about migration, the unknown and the search for home. The sculptures and tarps explore varied themes and are responses to the dynamics of change in remote communities and the vibrant character of place and its people.
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