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Deadhead

Cedric, Nathan and Jim Bomford

edited by Lorna Brown

by (author) Barbara Cole & Jen Weih

Publisher
Figure 1 Publishing
Initial publish date
Sep 2016
Category
Canadian, Sculpture & Installation, Conceptual
  • Paperback / softback

    ISBN
    9780986681936
    Publish Date
    Sep 2016
    List Price
    $35

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The Deadhead publication presents a rich visual narrative of an ambitious sculptural project by the Bomfords that leads the reader through phases of early research, studio production, installation, life on the water and final deconstruction. Mounted to a barge and towed to different locations during the summer of 2014, this large-scale installation acted as a curious marine outpost asserting a presence that both troubled and delighted. In amongst paddleboats, pleasure craft, passenger ferries, cruise ships, freighters and barges stacked high with global commodities, Deadhead introduced art as valuable cargo within a constantly changing flotilla of economic exchange. As a platform from which cultural activities unfolded, Deadhead hosted a lively program of events including weekly open houses, film screenings, workshops, choir performances and a series of improvisational sunset performances. Photographs by Cedric Bomford, Nathan Bomford, Barbara Cole, Maegan Hill-Carroll, Michael Love, Philip Nee Nee, David Peters, Bob Ross, Rachel Topham, Karen Zalamea

About the authors

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Barbara Cole was born in Toronto, Canada, in 1953. Throughout her career, Cole has worked internationally on commercial projects and large-scale art commissions, including installations for the Breast Cancer Centre at Princess Margaret Hospital in Toronto and for Trump Hollywood in Florida. Cole has won prestigious awards including the Grand Prix at the Festival International de le Protographie de Mode in Cannes, France. In 2012, she released the highly acclaimed documentary series Snapshot: The Art of Photography II, an episode devoted exclusively to Cole's photographic practice. Cole is a member of the advisory board of the Seneca College Photography Department in Toronto.

Barbara Cole's profile page

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