Mark Prier

Artwork

2500 Year Twist, 2012

2500 Year Twist continues to poetically explore the logging history examined by The Lines: tree trunks floating down river networks to be corralled by booms in the Great Lakes. Here, 2500 combined years of tree growth twists up into the sky, a strange construction evoking Ontario’s deforestation and settlement.

Materials: red pine, metal components.

A sculpture sits over eight feet high, made of red pine posts joined like cabin logs, is stacked so that each layer rotates slightly, giving the visual effect of a twisting bowl of wood. The sculpture sits outside on a tree-lined pedestrian city street at night, lit by streetlamps. A child and adult move around it, their movements blurred during the long exposure shot. A sculpture sits over eight feet high, made of red pine posts joined like cabin logs, is stacked so that each layer rotates slightly, giving the visual effect of a twisting bowl of wood. The sculpture sits outside on a tree-lined pedestrian city street during the day, each post casting a shadow on the one below it.
A sculpture sits over eight feet high, made of red pine posts joined like cabin logs, is stacked so that each layer rotates slightly, giving the visual effect of a twisting bowl of wood. The sculpture sits outside on a tree-lined pedestrian city street during the day, each post casting a shadow on the one below it.

The Ontario Arts Council is an agency of the Government of Ontario.

We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.

Nous remercions de son soutien le Conseil des Arts du Canada.