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"A uniquely imaginative approach to ideas and current issues which is complex in expression but powerfully appealing to audience of all ages.
The video which is integrated with Glove Forest is an especially effective device, due in part to the design of imagery that is layered in such a way as to accumulate meaning as it gathers subtle intensity.
In this work the synthesis of sculptural elements, surrounding sound and video is especially effective and appropriately moving."
David Aurandt, Executive Director/Curator, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
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Exhibitions
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2003
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Art Gallery of Algoma, Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario
Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Ontario
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2002
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The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, Oshawa, Ontario |
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1998
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Royal Ontario Museum, Ontario, Canada
Edmonton Art Gallery, Alberta, Canada |
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Overview
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Created by Canadian artist, Amanta Scott,
Glove Forest is an interactive audio/video and sculpture installation
addressing loss and our environment, accountability and sustainability.
Glove Forest features haunting surround-sound audio and video collages with
an evolving installation of gloves pledged from visitors.
The audio collage emanates from the hanging glove trees
and the video collage is projected onto the wall or shown on a TV monitor.
Visitors are encouraged to add a glove to the installation,
including a written pledge to protect the environment.
Tension is created between
the glove trees' surround-sound audio collage and the soundtrack of the video:
challenging and engaging visitors to alternate between
actively listening to the whispering glove trees and watching the video.
audio video tour of exhibition
view video collage
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Excerpts from the Comment Book:
"Loved the show." Michael Dumont, Sault Ste. Marie
"Seems like a gathering of lost souls." LB
"A very thought-provoking and moving exhibit!" A.J. McKinnon
"An ingenious idea, effectively realized. Thanks." Gail G.
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Audio Collage
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Walking amongst Glove Forest the visitor hears voices
emanating from each of the hanging glove trees.
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Excerpts from the Comment Book:
"I love the weaving of audio amongst the 'trees' —
how you've given them voices." Tamara Mckenny
"The voices haunt with their echoing lament...
Our abuse of mother earth will continue to haunt us,
and if we don't change — all we will be able to do is lament." J.M.
"They all are cool, one keeps saying 'recycle' over and over again!" Jeff
"We really appreciate the trees! They sound magic.
We like that they have voices." C. C. Algoma
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Five discrete audio channels, each approximately two-minutes in duration,
play rhythmic loops, on the following themes:
* protecting the environment *
* recollections of lost gloves *
* environmental loss *
* loss of a loved one *
* feelings associated with loss *
 
The surround-sound audio collage is built upon found words —
just as Ms. Scott's earlier works were built upon found objects.
Amanta asked participants a series of questions
regarding personal experiences of loss and the environment.
Responses were edited into layered rhythmic loops
heard in the glove-trees' surround-sound audio collage.
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. . . from the Comment Book:
"The gloves sound cool." Nick
"Interesting, thought provoking. This brings up thoughts of truth and wonder.
It's the scariest most true-to-life forest I have ever entered. Marvelous job.
Hopefully the glove voices will not only be heard but also listened to." Lucy
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Video Collage
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Drawing the viewers through the gallery the video collage's haunting vocal soundtrack of arching melodies permeates the exhibition space.
Water, rock, trees and sky juxtaposed with footage of landfill sites, life and death, merges with semi-translucent faces of young and old expressing personal experiences of loss, the environment and questioning our role and responsibility.
Loss of limb is paralleled with loss of species.
The video collage is five minutes in duration.
view video
Following years of sculpting with found objects culled from landfill sites, Amanta Scott began shooting digital video footage of landfill sites for inclusion in this interactive sculpture installation.
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. . . from the Comment Book:
"I don't know why but it scares me;
the movie and the messages in the gloves."
"Very interesting art work. It's breathtaking." Nadine Gagne, Toronto
"Great work of art, very interesting." Santa Cruz, California
"I feel like I need more fingers." A.G.
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Click on strips to view video grabs or...
...view the whole video.
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Interaction
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Pledge a glove to Glove Forest.
Include a message indicating
what you will do to protect the environment.
A raised hand pledges your word of honour.
Your glove carries an echo of your spirit
and your pledge to protect the Earth
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. . . from the Comment Book:
"On the floor there are messages in the gloves and they are written by kids!
It is really cool." Kaitlyn, Sault Ste. Marie
"I like the colours a lot. I like the shape of the gloves and all the different lives they've held."
"This is freaky! I mean: your spirit in a glove!"
"Great exhibit. Fantastic message." Cory
"Very creative and fun!?" Rick Conklin
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Concept
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Lost a glove?
Virtually everyone has an odd glove languishing in the depths of a closet.
Why, after losing a glove, are we so reluctant to throw away the other?
A lost glove is as likely to reappear as is an extinct species.
A lost glove may be a trivial matter; environmental loss is not.
"Glove Forest is a poignant lament for our environment.
It documents what is occurring to the land through sound and images
and challenges us to raise our hand in support of a cleaner future.
The gloves contain the spirits of those who once wore them and,
just as one raises a hand to pledge one's word of honour,
the glove remains a symbol of that pledge."
Linda Jansma, Curator, The Robert McLaughlin Gallery
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. . . from the Comment Book:
"Wow. Got me thinking, thanks." David Breilette, Sudbury Ont.
"Amazing — new approach to environmental concerns.
Very refreshing." Sarah Lewis
"A fascinating concept! Kudos." Lynn Landry-Rody
"What a wonderful idea.
Wait til we tell those back home!" Mel & Linda Osborne, Paris
"Smart reflection on our consumer culture." G.P.
"Very interesting — something we can do with students in a school.
Great idea. Innovative!" J. Atkinson
"It makes you think of the world around you!" A. Williamson
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Background
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Glove Forest began at the Edmonton Art Gallery
as an installation of gloves donated from visitors.
From there it was exhibited at the Royal Ontario Museum
as a series of hanging glove trees with the continued donation of gloves from visitors.
In 2002 Glove Forest evolved to include surround sound audio/video collages;
and was exhibited at The Robert McLaughlin Gallery.
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Technical Info
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Durations
DVD video: five (5) minutes
DVD audio: surround sound audio loops, two (2) minutes per channel
Exhibition Space Requirements
floor area: variable
glove trees: hang from ceiling
DVD projector or television: mounted on plinth
Glove Forest Sculpture dimensions
Height: variable
Exhibition Includes
two dvd players
one AV control receiver
glove trees (variable)
loose gloves (variable)
Installation and Dismantle
The exhibition is installed by the artist.
Installation: two days
Glove Forest Crate Dimensions
the installation travels in two steamer-trunks
.51 metres height (20 inches)
.91 metres length (36 inches)
.51 metres width (20 inches)
Total Weight: 94 kg ( 205 lbs)
Total Volume (36" x 20" x 40"): 16.7 cubic feet
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Artist
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Critically acclaimed as "cutting edge," "ground breaking" and "strikingly innovative"
Amanta Scott has exhibited and performed extensively
in art galleries, museums, theatres, dance, concert venues and festivals
throughout Asia and North America.
Since 1985 Amanta has been exploring the contemporary relevance and
power of universal mythological symbols through Syncretic Art works
integrating visual arts, music, theatre, movement, multi-media,
mythology and contemporary archaeology.
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Credits
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Director
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Amanta Scott |
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Sound Design
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Amanta Scott,
David Tomlinson |
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Composer: vocal soundtrack
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Amanta Scott
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Glove Tree Sculptor
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Amanta Scott |
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Audio Editor
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David Tomlinson |
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Camera & Sound Operator
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David Tomlinson |
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Interviewer
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Amanta Scott |
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Video Editor
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Amanta Scott |
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Video Production
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Amanta Scott |
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Singers
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Amanta Scott,
David Tomlinson
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© 2000 - 2006 Leading Tone Arts Productions Inc.
Revised: Fri, Jan 27, 2006
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