Celebrating place and community, this monumental mosaic shows a topographical view of the confluence of the North and South Thompson Rivers set in an abstract colour field representing land and people. The tiles representing the river are kinetic and refractive, moving in the wind and shimmering with the play of light over their anodized aluminium surfaces. The background is formed by multi-coloured powder-coated aluminium tiles that, combine and contrast to evoke diamond patterns large and small in the eye of the viewer.
The 80,000 individual tiles of different colour and size represent the residents of Kamloops and the larger diamond patterns represent community groups. The tiles subtly shade into one another to illustrate the interaction of these groups around our local geography. Water and people mixing together in a Community Confluence.
Above you can see an up-close look at some of the kinetic aluminum tiles that move in the wind.
All 80,000 tiles were cut from 8’x4’ sheets ( 3 at a time) at my studio in Kamloops on a CNC router. Sheets were powder-coated or anodized before the individual tiles were removed by hand and clipped to remove the sharp edges.
Above is an image of 91 year old Walter collecting the tiles from the aluminum sheet.
parkade mosaic video
City of Kamloops – Community Confluence Public Art Installation