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LPH-1
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2019 (Creation)
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- Dobey, Rocky
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- Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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2019.002.01: Sculpture
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Metal sculpture on a cement slab. The sculpture at the bottom has a cylindrical post from the main part of the sculpture down into the concrete. Above the post is a rectangular/cube-like building. The building has four stories with windows on each side for the first three floors and only one window on each side for the fourth floor. The windows are rectangular with a gold metal frame with six screws. On each side, there are carvings of multiple bricks with the word “Remember” within. On each side, there is an addition which protrudes outwards a few inches. On the top of the building, there is a slanted roof that is flat on the top. On top of each protrude there is a triangular slated roof. On the roof there are various spots where “We Remember” is etched in throughout on each side as well as floral/vine-like details along the top corners of the roof. On one side of the roof, there is an oval plaque screwed on. On top of the roof, there is a bowl like part with various words etched on around the bowl. Attached on top of the bowl, there are curved triangular prisms of various sizes sprouting out upwards. On these curved pieces, there are birds carved in with geometrical designs within the bird and first names carved in throughout.
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Mark / Inscription text: 1889-1979 / LAKESHORE PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL / WE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER THE / VICTIMS AND THE SURVIVORS
Mark / Inscription type: Title, caption
Mark / Inscription description: floral/vine-like designs along the sides and bottom of the plaque
Mark / Inscription technique: Etched
Mark / Inscription position: Within an oval shape plaque on one side of the building’s roof above the protruding wall
Mark / Inscription language: English
Mark / Inscription translation: N/A
Mark / Inscription text: Sculpture / by / ROCKY / DOBEY / 2019
Mark / Inscription type: Maker’s mark
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Mark / Inscription technique: Etched
Mark / Inscription position: Within the frame of a window on one side of the building on a protruding section, the bottom left window
Mark / Inscription language: English
Mark / Inscription translation: N/A
Mark / Inscription text: Remember
Mark / Inscription type: Detail
Mark / Inscription description: Within a rectangle
Mark / Inscription technique: Engraved
Mark / Inscription position: Multiple, throughout the entire “building” portion
Mark / Inscription language: English
Mark / Inscription translation: N/A
Mark / Inscription text: [Various words of reasons as to why people were admitted to the Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital] Examples include: wears strange jewelry; destructive to clothes
Mark / Inscription type: Details
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Mark / Inscription technique: Engraved, cursive writing
Mark / Inscription position: Multiple throughout the underside of the “bowl’ of the piece
Mark / Inscription language: English
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Mark / Inscription text: We Remember / 1511
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Mark / Inscription technique: Engraved
Mark / Inscription position: Multiple “We Remember” is throughout the roof of the “building” and the “1511” is on one side of the roof
Mark / Inscription language: English
Mark / Inscription translation: N/A
Mark / Inscription text: [Various first names]
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Mark / Inscription technique: Engraved, cursive writing
Mark / Inscription position: Multiple throughout the prisms on the bowl
Mark / Inscription language: English
Mark / Inscription translation: N/A
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LPH-1 was created by Rocky Dobey to memorialize the psychiatric patients who lived at the Lakeshore Psychiatric Hospital and to reduce stigma through education and awareness about mental health history. The dates on the sculpture (1889-1979) are intended to reflect the dates patients were living on the site, rather than the official dates of the Hospital’s operation, as unpaid patient labour was present on the grounds to construct the gardens, farmland, and buildings that would later become the Hospital. The installation features copper and metal work, and has only been partially treated to allow the piece to be influenced by organic change over time. The words “we remember” are etched into the bricks and roof of the cottage building, and various reasons for admission from Hospital records etched into the bowl emerging from the rooftop of the structure. The copper prongs are etched with images of passenger pigeons, a species that once frequented the Lakeshore Grounds region in South Etobicoke. The passenger pigeons also give nod to the Indigenous Heritage of the area, and the natural environment. In fact, the name Mimico comes from the Ojibwe word omiimiikaa meaning “abundant with wild pigeons.” Accounts of passenger pigeons state that during their migration, their numbers were so great, they actually darkened the sky for days. As settlers populated this region, the birds were hunted to extinction, with the last passenger pigeon dying in 1914 in the Cincinnati Zoo. Alongside these passenger pigeons are patient first names.
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