CHERYL PAGUREK | CURRENTS | PERMANENT PUBLIC ART COMMISSION | MARKET PLACE TRANSIT STATION, OTTAWA | VIDEO | 2011  Currents, a site-specific artwork by Cheryl Pagurek, was commissioned by the City of Ottawa's Public Art Program for the Market Place Transit Station. The first permanent outdoor video artwork in Ottawa, Currents employs the medium of video to embody the concepts of flow, movement, and community identity. A free-standing LED screen features video imagery of the Jock River, its currents, reflections, and seasonal changes, maintaining a link to the nearby body of water in an area of rapid urban development. Through the incorporation of historical images of the area, Currents celebrates the surrounding environment while commemorating times past. By locating the present site within a continuum, the video harkens to the past and preserves the present for future generations.
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