To What Do We Owe this Honour, 2020

Vinyl billboard
22 x 26'

Installed in downtown Hamilton, To What Do We Owe This Honour enlarges a collection of miniature totemic objects against a backdrop of a sky to create a connection between the intimate setting of one’s home with the shared realm of public space. The project prompts reflection for the objects we surround ourselves with and the monuments we adorn our cities with, questioning, what symbols reflect our current collective values, who’s legacies are given permanence and what histories are given a pedestal? 

Installation photos by David Young, 2020. 

This project was made possible by the McMaster Museum of Art, Supercrawl and Downtown Hamilton BIA.