Olga Kouptchinski
LOCATION
Various Locations
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 647 478 8642 extension 19
Description of Project
Spoon hitting the side of the china glass as it stirs. Four years ago a group of my friends waged a war on garden gnomes. Under cover of darkness they stole every lawn gnome they could find. In the span of 6 months they managed to completely rid the area of the short creepy statues. Collectively they had over 100 gnomes. After a close run in with the law they concluded that they must get rid of all evidence. During the night the decision was made to assemble the entire collection here, at the station. Because of this waterfall’s location the display transformed the spot from town law to a shrine of shady collectables. As you can see today all 100 and some gnomes have found homes with younger thieves. I like to imagine that the twice stolen gnomes of Oakville are again changing hands to younger siblings and jealous friends so that these creepy sculptures are in perpetual motion of being stolen from under one’s nose.