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wade (2004)
Various wading pools in the City of Toronto
GENE THRENDYLE
"Dante and the killer Whales" is an installation with inflatable toy sea mammals and other figures filled with helium and floating above the pool in concentric circles like in Dante's Paradise. The choice of killer whales and porpoises plays with the sad fact that these creatures recreated as toys are becoming extinct. The installation will be constructed with the assistance of the children using the wading pool. Threndyle has been involved with the Friends of Trinity Bellwoods and organized lilac and daffodil plantings which involved many of the local children and their parents.