A field of water betrays the spirit that is in the air.
It has new life and motion.
It is the intermediate between land and sky.
Thoreau
Asked to return to my undergraduate department and create an installation I was struggling with the large formal gallery space, with its carpeted floors and muted lighting. I decided to map and then touch and collect water from every stream in the state; mingling the waters in a large pool. I was using the exhibition to reflect on what I know in my mind versus what I know through my senses; with water as the medium or interface between the two. The gallery was kept dark and cool for the installation, images from the walls and floors were reflected in the pool at the centre.
-Tim Collins
