LOVELAND by Charles Stankievech is a project encompassing a large scale video installation of a purple cloud created from military smoke grenades flowing across the Arctic Ocean. Installation also includes ultraviolet fluorescing emeralds and a uniquely designed hand-bound edition of the 1901 science fiction book The Purple Cloud. LOVELAND is also an artist book with an annotated collection of images ranging from Romantic Painting to WW2 field manuals. Contributing texts by M.P. Shiel, Mark von Schlegell, Mark Lanctôt and Anna-Sophie Springer
VIDEO	INSTALLATION		BOOK		CRITICAL
					LOVELAND Installation 2011 Edition of 3   HD Video - 5:10 seamless loop - Surround Sound with music by Tim Hecker - 6.45m wide full wall projection - Complete white projection room Handbound Edition of The Purple Cloud (1901) Ultraviolet Fluorescing Chatham Emerald
					Installation View Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montreal All photos: C.Stankievech
					Installation View Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montreal
					Installation View Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montreal
					Installation View Musée d'Art Contemporain de Montreal
					Chatham Emerald cluster fluorescing under ultraviolet light in hexagonical mirror display vitrine inset into wall.
					THE PURPLE CLOUD (1901) By M.P. Shiel Special edition created for LOVELAND. Fascimile reproduction of all 463 pages of original edition. Hand-bound saddle stich binding. Hardcover with Japanese paper. Uniquely designed binding to open to specific page spread for LOVELAND installation in hexagonical mirror display vitrine inset into wall.