In Will Gill ‘s Firefly, illuminated arrows are launched through the darkness of a Newfoundland outport town, across barrens, through forests, outside church doors and into vast oceans. Associative of both nature and technology, the kinetic points of light interrupt what could otherwise be understood as very traditional pictorial views, and bring to mind the material world within which we experience accelerated information.
Will Gill
Will Gill is a visual artist with a background in sculpture and a wide-ranging exhibition history that includes artist-run centres, commercial galleries, and public galleries and museums. Gill was selected to the national longlist for the Sobey Art Award in 2004 and 2006 and is based in St. John’s, Newfoundland.