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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Sun, 12 Feb 2012 06:42:46 GMT--><rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#" xmlns:rss="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/" xmlns:admin="http://webns.net/mvcb/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:cc="http://web.resource.org/cc/"><rss:channel rdf:about="http://www.brandonvickerd.com/statement/"><rss:title>Statement</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.brandonvickerd.com/statement/</rss:link><rss:description></rss:description><dc:language>en-CA</dc:language><dc:date>2012-02-12T06:42:46Z</dc:date><admin:generatorAgent rdf:resource="http://www.squarespace.com/">Squarespace Site Server v5.11.81 (http://www.squarespace.com/)</admin:generatorAgent><rss:items><rdf:Seq><rdf:li rdf:resource="http://www.brandonvickerd.com/statement/2009/3/23/artist-statement-2009.html"/></rdf:Seq></rss:items></rss:channel><rss:item rdf:about="http://www.brandonvickerd.com/statement/2009/3/23/artist-statement-2009.html"><rss:title>Artist Statement, 2009</rss:title><rss:link>http://www.brandonvickerd.com/statement/2009/3/23/artist-statement-2009.html</rss:link><dc:creator>Brandon Vickerd</dc:creator><dc:date>2009-03-23T19:52:03Z</dc:date><dc:subject></dc:subject><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>In the past several years my exhibited projects have been diverse in form and content, including site specific interventions, public performances and object based sculpture.&nbsp; <em>Dance of the Cranes </em>(Toronto, 2009) is community based project outside the gallery that sought to transform the cityscape into a stage for performance. This performance consisted of &nbsp;a choreographed dance executed by high-rise construction cranes perched upon condos developments while viewers watch from the street bellow.</p>
<p>Public works such as <em>Satellite</em> and <em>Northern Satellite</em> are similar attempts to engage the public in a discourse about our conflicting ways of understanding landscape.</p>
<p>In gallery exhibitions I engage the audience through employing the language of monumental figurative sculpture subverting dominant cultural narratives by creating monuments to popular culture characters (Dead Astronaut, Chrome Ghost).</p>
<p>Purposely diverse, my work is an examination of sculpture as a catalyst for critical thought, enriching the audience&rsquo;s engagement with the physical world through the creation of spectacle.<span class="full-image-float-right ssNonEditable"><span><img src="http://www.brandonvickerd.com/storage/webimage.jpg?__SQUARESPACE_CACHEVERSION=1310653030185" alt="" width="431" height="647" /></span></span></p>]]></content:encoded></rss:item></rdf:RDF>
