Window Box Gallery 1313 April 29th – May 24th
Imaginarium Moth Girl:
Installation By: Claire Louise Correia
We peer up and into the Imaginarium, as though we were children taken to
see the department store Christmas panoramas downtown. Kinetic pieces
inside the Imaginarium move because they are attached to strings; these
strings are passed through strategically placed pulleys, which in turn lead
them backstage where they are attached to the wire baskets of oscillating
fans. As the fans rotate, strings are either pulled or released – causing
movement in the puppets.
In the lower theatre, the Imaginarium uses theatrical set design and
shadow-puppets to reveal the wonder of a young Inuit girl as she first sees
moths on the land. Above the girl, the upper theatre reveals the busy
Spirit world that surrounds her, she cannot see, but is there nevertheless.
Although this piece comments on climate change (in the Arctic, as
permafrost is melting and glaciers are receding, creatures previously
unknown to that landscape are moving further and further into the North),
here the viewer is invited use her imagination and simply enjoy the view,
as she did when she saw those Christmas windows as a child.
Artist Claire Louise Correia
Curated by Lisa Anita Wegner for Gallery 1313 Windowbox