OdiaReimer http://odiareimer.com installation artist, sculptor, photographer Sun, 13 Jan 2013 01:13:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5 Seventy times Seven http://odiareimer.com/2012/03/14/seventy-times-seven/ http://odiareimer.com/2012/03/14/seventy-times-seven/#comments Wed, 14 Mar 2012 02:53:18 +0000 admin http://odiareimer.com/?p=99 Seventy times Seven

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Odia Reimer

Seventy times Seven represents the inward journey through emotion. It is 490 crocheted tears suspended from a frame, 7 X 7, hung 7 feet off the floor, to create a perfect cube symbolic of the natural attempt to contain the pain. Each tear is crocheted by hand without any pattern making each one unique, a reflection of the moment of its creation. The color white symbolizes the purity and simplicity of the falling of a tear. The tears also portray an understanding of the answer to Peter’s question… “Sir, how often should I forgive a brother who has sinned against me? Seven times?” Christ’s answer was seventy times seven, 490 times. This is one day.

 

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Odia Reimer

 

The Last Walk represents the outer journey through grief and remembrance. It is 66 black and white photographs, replicating the lonely walk of Candace as she moved towards her death. The walk starts at the Mennonite Brethren Collegiate Institute where she started her journey home and ends at the construction site where her body was found 6 weeks later.

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