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Navigating Histories

Navigating Histories - Ingrid Koivukangas (3)

Details

Year 2009
Artist(s) Ingrid Koivukangas
Type Window, ceiling and floor treatments
Medium Glass, LED Lighting, Etched Cement
Site Location Stairwell, office windows, lobby ceiling and floor of downtown RCMP facility (51 Ave/ 45 Street)

Description

Photographic images of the NWMP / RCMP throughout their history in the Red Deer area are portrayed in stairwells, office windows, including contemporary roles they play today. In the main lobby, the floor contains cement acid etched images of local fossil flora and fauna endemic to the area as well as LED lit ceiling that captures what the night skies looked like in the summer of 1873, when the first Northwest Mounted Police arrived in the area.

Glass windows with an RCMP officer on horseback etched in the glass.
Glass windows with an RCMP officer on horseback etched in the glass.
Glass windows with an RCMP officer on horseback etched in the glass.
Glass windows with an RCMP officer on horseback etched in the glass.
Three glass windows with an RCMP officer on horseback etched in the glass on each one.

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