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<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nabove and below and so on forever <\/em>as it appears in the CONTACT catalog<\/p>\n\n\n\n But the picture in the catalogue is a by-product: a means to an end. This image is part of a series of five photographic murals designed with a specific site in mind. The finished pieces are installed as a set of translucent images applied over the glass dividers at the Castle Frank bus station.<\/p>\n\n\n\n above and below and so on forever <\/em>as it appeared for a moment at Castle Frank Station<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Castle Frank bus platform is, as far as bus stations go, a nice one. It\u2019s a low-slung pavilion from the 60\u2019s. It\u2019s generous in scale with an abundance of green space. A wall of windows encloses one side of the arcade that protects passengers as they wait for their buses. It\u2019s on these windows that the artwork is installed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Castle Frank Station bus terminal showing the installation of above and below and so on forever<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n The photos are applied to the glass as translucent overlays. Their appearance is dependent on the light, the weather, and time of day. In the shade, the images almost disappear but when the light goes through them, they glow with warm colour. These transparencies are clear in areas that are white in the photographs and dark and opaque in the shadows. The background view appears hazily through the images and reflections add yet another visual layer.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Detail view. Reflections, shadows and the background blend into a single image<\/p>\n\n\n\n The station sits at the edge of the Don Valley, a verdant ravine that carves through the city with the Don River at its centre. For this project, Belerique used the river as the source of ideas and images. Her aim was to make the river\u2019s presence felt by bringing it up to the station. The work evolved through her exploration of the river from both the shoreline and from a canoe. Along with filmmaker Seth Scriver, she fished through the mud to uncover various objects and trash that she then arranged as props along with leaves and flowers in the water. These arrangements were the subjects of her initial photos which also captured the reflection of the sky and structures above. <\/p>\n\n\n\n One of five murals from above and below and so on forever<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Later in the studio, Belerique expanded on the idea of reflection by re-shooting her photographs. She printed the river pictures and mounted them on the wall with a sheet of glass a few inches in front. Stickers and leaves were then placed on this glass. Sunlight, and the shadows cast by these applied objects, played across the surface of the photos and became part of an integrated image that Belerique captured in a set of new photos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This second iteration of manipulation is what is published online and in print. These are already complex, layered photographs. When they are mounted on the glass wall of the bus station, further complexity occurs. Light and shadow from the front and back changes them. The background bleeds through and, along with reflections, blend with the image. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n