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
2012 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