RESURRECTION:THE KELLY BUILDING
Ink on polyester fabric, 40’ x 45’ October 2009
1790 Granville Street, Halifax, NS
Created in collaboration with artist Sarah Haydon Roy.
“The city does not tell its past, but contains it like the lines of a hand, written in the corners of the streets, [...] every segment marked in turn with scratches, indentations, scrolls.” -Invisible Cities, by Italo Calvino
Resurrection is a large-scale monoprint depicting the former Kelly Building. Once a registered heritage property, the Kelly Building was demolished in 2006, leaving a significant vacancy in the streetscape. Reimagined through a frottage approach, the building was recreated using found materials as printmaking matrices and installed on its original site along Granville Street in downtown Halifax.
This ephemeral installation was presented as part of Nocturne: Art at Night, drawing attention to the often fleeting and fragile nature of the built environment.
Thanks to
Nocturne: Art at Night for their support of this project
Eric Mummery, Alyssa Chapeskie, and Bryanna Chapeskie for their help with printing
Carmen Zinck and Coastal Restoration and Masonry
Chuck Young, who put his climbing skills to good use
Night photography credit: Mathew Hollett