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Sculpture/Installation

Maddy Young

inside the algae and the seagull

Installation
2023
Dried Snake, Bicycle Wheels, Five Saws, Cement Bricks, Pipes, Dried Frog, Tomato Cages, Mesh Net, Wire Net, Snail Shells, Seed Pods, Beach Wood, Beach Metal, Beach Glass, Lady Bug, Golf Club, Deli Container, Algae, Dried Andropogon gerardii, Dried Ammophila breviligulata, Dried Cyperus schweinitzii, Clothes Pins, Ceramic Plate Fragment, Green House

“Considering interactions between the human built and natural environment on Toronto Island. My body extends beyond my skin- fragments of my body exist in the sand, the sky, inside the algae and the seagull. ”

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inside the algae and the seagull
inside the algae and the seagull
inside the algae and the seagull
inside the algae and the seagull
inside the algae and the seagull
inside the algae and the seagull
inside the algae and the seagull
inside the algae and the seagull
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2023, Living Labs Toronto Island Residency
Toronto, Ontario

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Maddy Young

Sculpture/Installation

“So I’m just trying to figure out how one can live- how does one survive but also find home in a place like this. “They fly into buildings a lot and break their wings”, she says”