John Shipman, Adrienne Coffey and Jihee Min
Toronto, Canada
"Stand and face me as my own and spread the grace that’s on your eyes over me." Sappho (6th-7th century BC, trans. L. Warman)
Experience a Hollywood/Bollywood-style embrace with your significant other (or any other) on a slowly-rotating platform. See your moment in video projections on the church's surrounding walls and ceiling. Listen to the video spirits of love and marriage in the wedding song fragments of Sappho in ancient Greek, the memoirs of Lady Hyegyong in Korean, the letters of Samuel Johnson and Hester Thrale in English. Feel the traditional music of marriage played on the pipe organ, violin and cello. Marriage--who, what, why, when, where and how? Contributing artists: Liz Warman, Janna Hiemstra, Dianne Wells, May Ing Ruehle, Dr. Paul E. Jessen, Joy Shipman, Lena Tashijian and others.
John Shipman, In Search of a Wife in Search of a Husband, 2009, Digital still photo
In Search of a Wife In Search of a Husband
Multimedia Installation
A39 - St. Matthew's United Church,
729 St. Clair Avenue West
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