suzanne caines // Canada
The Encounter

The Encounter, which was produced at Mount Saint Vincent Art Gallery in 2008. In The Encounter I approached strangers on the MSVU campus to ask them to share a memory of a meaningful location. (The encounters were recorded on video.) In exchange for

In exchange for their memory I would offer each interlocutor a small plaster sculpture that I had made. (Each sculpture was unique and based on a commonplace object such as a dime-store figurine or an ornate light switch-plate, altered in accordanc

The Encounter, which was produced at Mount Saint Vincent Art Gallery in 2008, I produced a large scale wall mural based on my interpretation of the conversations I had with strangers. This piece consisted of s series of smaller drawings.