2. Measure of Dispersion (series) sculpture / Daphne’s Eyes
Daphne’s Eyes
Daphne’s Eyes
_ Metal and Mirrors
6 x 6 x 6 ' (approx.)
Toronto, April 2016
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Installed facing the Ontario lake, at the Drake Devonshire Hotel - Prince Edward County. Under the invitation of curator Mia Nielsen, and with the help of programming assistant Ashley Mulvihill.
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The title of the piece pays homage to Bernini's sculpture: "Apollo and Daphne", finished in 1625. That refers to the moment when the sun god touches the nymphs' skin, after chasing her incessantly. She then prays to her father - Peneus, a river god, to transform her:
'Destroy the beauty that has injured me, or change the body that destroys my life.' Before her prayer was ended, torpor seized on all her body, and a thin bark closed around her gentle bosom, and her hair became as moving leaves; her arms were changed to waving branches, and her active feet as clinging roots were fastened to the ground—her face was hidden with encircling leaves.
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