Stained

Shelley Miller

Throughout April and May

Shelley Miller’s public mural Stained was unveiled on March 26 in Waddington Alley at 4:00 p.m. Tea and cookies were provided by Hostelling International Victoria (516 Yates Street). The mural remained in place throughout April and May until it disintegrated. It was best viewed repeatedly as it changed.

Earlier in the afternoon Miller presented an artist talk at Open Space, 510 Fort Street, at 3:00 p.m. discussing her past work and this new public installation. Shelley Miller created her "confecious" mural during her residency at Open Space. The mural mimicked Portuguese colonial tiles but was constructed entirely of sugar. Miller’s ephemeral installations are like history itself, eroding and dissolving over time, subject to the distortions of told and retold stories, lore and myth.

Shelley Miller completed her undergraduate degree at the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary before relocating to Montreal. Here she received her MFA from Concordia University in 2001. Miller has received numerous grants and fellowships including the Commonwealth Arts and Crafts Award (2001) for research and exhibition purposes in India and the Sacatar Fellowship (2004) to attend the Sacatar Residency in Brazil.
 

Hostelling International Victoria kindly provided the outdoor location for this work to be installed. The sugar for this project was generously provided by The Market Stores.

Stained was documented daily. Here is a selection of the images we have taken.