MONUMENT TO UNCERTAINTY,2020–

MATERIALS: Exposed poured concrete, river water, scavenged and selected materials, atmospheric conditions, sunlight, gravity, time.

5 × 17.4 × 6.1 metres / 16′ × 57′ × 20′.

Site-based body of work developed through repeated returns, temporary interventions, and moving-image records.

The canal functions as studio, stage, and transformation ground: A fixed concrete chamber where water, light, wind, gravity, and seasonal change produce temporary situations that appear, alter, and disappear.

MONUMENT TO UNCERTAINTY contains a series of digital works produced at this site.

These include TEMPORAL RIVR, OVER⁀SOUL, INTERAMNIA, ESCARGATOIRE, VERDUN GUTAI PLAYGROUP, HELIOGRAPH, and ACTION PAINTING.

Made on the unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation, Tiohtià:ke.

45°28’16”N, 73°33’33”W.

Stormwater canal in Verdun with concrete wall, water reflection, and branch shadows, from Aidan Lawrence’s TEMPORAL RIVR / MONUMENT TO UNCERTAINTY project.

TEMPORAL RIVR

Colorful reflected water image with bright yellow, red, and blue forms, from Aidan Lawrence’s ESCARGATOIRE / MONUMENT TO UNCERTAINTY project.

ESCARGATOIRE

Site-based image from Aidan Lawrence’s ACTION PAINTING / MONUMENT TO UNCERTAINTY project, produced through temporary intervention, surface, water, light, and duration.

ACTION PAINTING

Concrete stormwater canal wall with rust-colored staining and water line, from Aidan Lawrence’s OVER⁀SOUL / MONUMENT TO UNCERTAINTY project.

OVER⁀SOUL

Concrete stormwater canal wall in Verdun with sunlight, water staining, and vegetation, from Aidan Lawrence’s VERDUN GUTAI PLAYGROUP / MONUMENT TO UNCERTAINTY project.

VERDUN GUTAI PLAYGROUP

ARCHIVE FIELD

Photographic documentation, site records, maps, and related field evidence.

Mirrored water reflection forming a symmetrical image of concrete and surface disturbance, from Aidan Lawrence’s INTERAMNIA / MONUMENT TO UNCERTAINTY project.

INTERAMNIA

Black circular sunburst-like form on white ground, from Aidan Lawrence’s HELIOGRAPH / MONUMENT TO UNCERTAINTY project.

HELIOGRAPH

MONUMENT TO UNCERTAINTY — BIENNALE SUPPORT VIDEO

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