Wanx'id: to hide, to be hidden Item Number: 2826/5 from the MOA: University of British Columbia
Black glass box with four sides and a clear glass base, open at top. The upper edge undulates from side to side. The outside surface is plain black, the inside surface of the four sides is etched with a distributive Northwest Coast design. A black and white photograph sits on the clear glass base, which is lit from below while installed/on display. The photograph shows two wooden houses, of which one has a carved and painted Northwest Coast archway panel over its central entrance.
The image in the box shows an image called "The Village Street" taken by Amy Wakefield, 1937, from the Diocese of the BC Archives in Victoria. The "Wanx’id: to hide, to be hidden" series was created for the MOA exhibition "Border Zones: New Art across Cultures," which ran from Jan 26, 2010 to Sept 12, 2010. The series of eight glass boxes was purchased from the artist at the end of the exhibition.