1994. CIPHERS FROM THE MUNIMENTS ROOM: ARRIVAL Medieval style tapestry panels recessed in boxed wooden frames. Sound Component TRAVELOGUE FOR TWO VOICES is activated by motion detectors. Dimensions 19'.3" long x 26" Solo exhibition at Hart House Gallery, University of Toronto. Also exhibited at AKA Gallery, Saskatoon, and with Tass Mavrogordato (Goldsmiths College, London, U.K.) at Dunlop Gallery, Regina and Or Gallery, Vancouver. Exhibited in THE FUTURE OF THE PAGE (to accompany the conference with keynote speaker, Alberto Manguel) at the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon. (June, 2000)

Collection of the Mendel Art Gallery.




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Details of these Medieval Style Tapestry Panels below.




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The text for CIPHERS FROM THE MUNIMENTS ROOM: ARRIVAL was found in a book written by A.L. Burt (1947) for use over a number of years as a Grade IV school text. An image of the brides arriving in Canada from France in the 18th century, who are flanked by a large group of men has the caption "You might be surprised from the expressions on their faces to guess what the men in the picture are thinking". This continues an examination of the gendered subject position of authority, and of women as currency, and is linked to my TIKSTER work about stenographers. It also incorporates aspects of the lewd marginalia in the 1066 Bayeux Tapestry in France.