Dream of the River (2016)

Glen Andersen

Address: 13160 No 2 Rd
Location: The artwork is located in the park at the foot of No. 2 Road south of the Pier at London Landing.
Area: Steveston

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Materials: Steel, concrete, polystyrene, LED lighting, sealants
Program: Private
Ownership: Civic
Sponsored By: Oris Development Corp.




Description of Work: “Dream of the River” is a sculpture in the form of the ribs of a full size (30’) half-built fishing boat with concrete salmon vertebrae forming the keel. The ribs are structural steel tubes welded to a spinal core hidden inside the vertebrae (themselves under-formed with polystyrene). These ribs also resemble the ribs of an aquatic animal. more »

Artist Statement: Designed and built to resemble an archaic relic, “Dream of the River” is a surrealist folly, wherein a full-size fishing boat “skeleton” is visually married to a salmon backbone. It conjures the primeval and the not-so-distant industrial pasts of its riverside setting and conflates them into a vision akin to what might have been witnessed by the unseen spirit of the river itself. more »

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