Drifter, 2012
medium density overlay, latex paint
The Crying Room, Vancouver, BC
Drifter was a direct response to the architecture of the building, primarily the running bond pattern found in the brickwork. By extending the standard pattern of the running bond onto the mural it was then transitioned to become ornamental. Historically this kind of ornamentation and embellishment found in brickwork would imply and authenticate the status of a building and consequently the persons, events, or issues that occur within. Drifter dislocated and relocated the brickwork patterns sampled from previous eras into the contemporary, and seemingly ordinary, architecture of the Crying Room’s façade