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Dead­head, the Bomfords

A co-presentation with Pre­sen­ta­tion House Gallery

In the sum­mer of 2012, Vancouver-based artist Cedric Bom­ford in col­lab­o­ra­tion with his father Jim Bom­ford (a retired engi­neer), and brother Nathan Bom­ford (an artist and builder), began con­struc­tion on a large-scale instal­la­tion in a purpose-built stu­dio located on the False Creek Flats. Con­ceived as a struc­ture to be mounted on a barge, towed by tug, and moored at dif­fer­ent loca­tions, Dead­head inter­prets the eco­log­i­cal, archi­tec­tural, and indus­trial his­to­ries of Vancouver’s regional water­ways. Intended to be boarded and explored, this float­ing sculp­ture is designed to func­tion as a mul­ti­pur­pose social space, which through its evolv­ing activ­i­ties, will be acces­si­ble to a diver­sity of publics. In the spring of 2013, the piece will be trans­ported to, installed, and launched in the Bur­rard Inlet to begin an unde­ter­mined dura­tion of life on the water – a float­ing future depen­dent upon the curi­ousity and vision of host coastal communities.

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