2012 Finalist

Tyler RockBirkenhead, South Australia, Australia



Still Water


Blown glass, water, lights, compressed gas, microphones, amplifier, speaker
55 H x 45 W x 45 D cm


Using light and reflection, this installation creates an immersive experience. As the viewer approaches the cast light image on the floor created by the object, a quiet ensues that is disrupted only when there is noise. The object responds to sound, which creates a disturbance of the perceptual field; an interaction, which in most cases, leaves the viewer seeking stillness once again.


Photographer: Christopher Boha



All entries as Finalist

Biography

Tyler Rock
Birkenhead, South Australia, Australia

Born
5/1/1968 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

Education

  • 2011 - present, Master of Visual Arts (Glass), University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
  • 1989, Diploma (Glass), Alberta College of Art, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Last Solo Exhibition

  • 2010, Frontier, Art Mur Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Last Group Exhibition

  • 2010, Glass Factor, Luminaries in Canadian Glass Art, The Canadian Clay and Glass Museum, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Public/Private Collections

  • Rideau Hall, The House of the Governor General, The Canadian Department of Foriegn Affairs, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • The Canadiana Fund, Canadian Embassies Abroad
  • The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Beaver House, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • The Corning Studio Collection, Corning Museum of Glass, Corning, New York, United States

Awards/Grants

  • 2011, Project Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • 2010, Award of Excellence (Established Craftsperson), Alberta Craft Council, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • 2009, Project Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • 2005, Project Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
  • 2002, Canada Council Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
  • 2002, Alumni Award of Excellence, The Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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