Still - (Mountain) - 2016
Installation
16’ x 140” x 30’
Animatronic figures from the Wilderness Adventure Ride, wood, metal, tools, clothing
Destroyed
This large installation in and around the mountain which housed the Wilderness Adventure Ride at Ontario Place consisted of 3 tableaus. As you walked down the river gorge and before you entered the mountain you were met by the Boy and the Bear. Once inside the mountain you met the Greeter who shared this anti chamber with the four Moosemen pulling a gurney. The gurney supported a cow moose who had incurred a neck injury. As you proceeded deeper into the mountain you came upon what appears to be a makeshift surgical operating room. A series of characters are operating on a bull moose, replacing a pneumatic cylinder in his front right leg. Centered in this group of medical practitioners is a standing figure who we take to be the lead surgeon. The principle tableau is based on the 1875 painting the Gross Clinic by Thomas Eakins. As you turned away to return, tucked in an alcove was Thomas Eakins.