Birds

March 18 – 29, 1986
Exhibition, Installation

About the Program

Violet and Catherine Costello's works aim to create a rich experience for the viewer by demanding the simultaneous involvement of both their visual and audio senses. Birds is their most recent work, an audio visual installation involving seven large, rather prehistoric and comic-looking birds constructed out of twigs, leaves, and other nest-building materials. Each bird is of a slightly different size and shape; each has its own personality. Viewed together however, these birds seem obviously related, as though they were perhaps members of the same family group. The birds stand around the centre of the gallery. At their feet, in a pool of popcorn and eggshells, lie their life-long friends, their soulmates—fifty-two brightly coloured fish. The sounds of the birds are reflected in a music, which is played in a continuous loop. Drum beats, repeated melodic patterns, and screeching violins create a sound that can be associated with the talking, singing, and movements of the birds.

Artist

Violet Costello, Catherine Costello Hirata

Identifier

1986.0318 BIR

Collection

grunt gallery Programming Archive

Location

grunt gallery (first location)
209 E. 6th Ave, Vancouver, BC, Canada, V5T 1J8
Unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səlilwətaɬ/selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations

In copyright. For uses beyond Fair Dealing, research requests, corrections, takedown requests, or other inquiries, please contact grunt gallery: archives@grunt.ca