Imminent Departure, 2009

Heather Nicol - Toronto, Canada

Sound Installation, Light Installation

Dislocated from her home in New York after the events of September 11th, Heather Nicol’s work reflects on the vicissitudes of memory, loss and desire. Life-changing upheavals – whether caused by personal, economic or historical events – serve as the backdrop for her intervention into Toronto's historic terminus. Union Station is the arena for countless stories of last-minute escapes, missed connections, lovers' reunions, hitting the road, and being run out of town. This space will be transformed to evoke the romance and heartbreak of travel stories brought about by unforeseen crises.

Heather Nicol creates hybrid audio-sculptures that investigate desire (longings for attention, connection, or power) and that play with notions of beauty and femininity. Nicol’s work has been exhibited in venues across North America and in Europe, including Art Resources Transfer (New York), Brooklyn Academy of Music (New York), YYZ (Toronto), Gallery 101 (Ottawa), Galerie Maria Bonk (Cologne), Hallwalls (Buffalo), The Sculpture Center (New York), Chateau de Courances (Milly, France), and The Drawing Center (New York). 

Suitable for all ages

In association with Nightswimming