Saturday 20 October 2012

NetherMind Mirabilia

Toronto's St. Anne's Church is celebrating its 150th anniversary with its Mirabilia festival.  Art installations by the NetherMind Artists' Collective took over the interior spaces of the church decorated with Group of Seven murals.

Mary Catherine Newcomb's wheat installation Osiris' Advance (10 000 Soldiers):


Lyla Rye's tarpaulin installation Sanctuary:



Max Streicher and Garnet Willis's inflatable sound installation Tree Organ is my favourite:




Catherine Heard's gilded busts Votive:


Tom Dean's layered etched glass The Ten Commandments:



The extraordinary interior of St. Anne's:




The exterior of the Byzantine Revival church: