Each bench on Elbow Island was designed by an artist duo who built their ideal place to sit together, daydream, rest, and watch the river flow by. You can see short documentaries about their process here.
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An Invitation
From our documentary filmmaker Ramin Eshraghi-Yazdi, comes the first in a series of mini-docs following The Wandering Island. This film is an introduction and invitation to the project, intended to track the beginning of a multi-year public art project embedded in a Calgary/Mohkínstsis park space. The Wandering Island: An invitation from Wandering Island on Vimeo. Mini-docs, photos,…
Sitting Together
On the first of our many walks on Elbow Island, we were bursting with thoughts, observations, and ideas. We looked for somewhere on the island to sit down and discuss, but we soon recognized that (aside the foliage or the dusty bank) there isn’t really anywhere convenient to sit, to rest and talk, or watch…
THE WANDERING ISLAND 