History of a Time to Come - Phase I: Escape
2008
Follow the road that leads to a sanctuary of civilized urban living.
Focusing specifically on the issue of communication, Willems confronts Wayfinding head on with
History of a Time to Come - Phase I: Escape, a work that addresses urbanization and all of its social and political implications. History of a Time to Come is a project in two parts. In part one Willems is employing the language of urban residential and retail developments to announce an upcoming new highway running straight through the property of
The Tree Museum. Part two shows a full scale provincial highway sign over a swamp (currently occupied by beaver, muskrat, leeches etc) directing the viewer to the 1001 Nights Pkwy, casting doubt on our ecological consciousness and questioning our commodification of nature.
Project website:
1001nightspkwy.com
Exhibition History:
2008 - The Tree Museum, Gravenhurst, Canada
