Emily Harrison

Emily Grace Harrison's assemblage made in the atrium of the Bata Shoe Museum, Toronto 2016.
detail of Emily Harrison's installation

Laced Up, 2016.
shoe laces, museum plinths, vitrine cases, crates, paper, plastics, magazines, seashells, plastic toys, balls, wood sculpting tools, yarn spools, flashlights, rocks, string, beads, buttons, clips, hardware, popsicle sticks, sandpaper, tape, cloth, party streamer rolls, dowels, wheels, plastic bags

the installation looked like a Rube Goldberg machine

Emily Harrison. Laced Up. Installation view. 2016

Time-based installation made live before visitors at the Bata Shoe Museum for Doors Open Festival, Toronto. Influenced by Rube Goldberg machines, the assemblage sculptures were made up of multiple found objects, interconnected by shoe laces. Residency organized by VIBE Arts.

the sculpture was made up of found objects stacked and interconnected by shoe laces
attention was paid to colour relationships between the objects
a detail of the sculpture
the installation was made of multiple small and large found objects
little objects hid between the plinths
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