Jennifer Coghill   
Textile Art

The Traces series is inspired by Toronto’s Leslie Street Spit, a finger of land that juts into Lake Ontario, surrounded by water and sky. Built with construction rubble, and then reclaimed by nature, the Spit initially presents visitors with a vibrant and seemingly natural landscape. Then evidence of its creation (concrete, rebar, shards of brick) pokes through in spots and pierces the illusion, creating glimpses of a post-apocalyptic terrain.

 

This work explores this intersection between the Spit’s past and present, reflecting on both the incongruities and the interconnection that make The Spit such an otherworldly place.

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