on King Street West
On display by Metro Hall on King Street West are a dozen large images created by Taiyo Onorato and Nico Krebs. This installation is part of the Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.
The pair took photographs in the Maldives. The fragile environment of these small islands (in the Indian Ocean) is exacerbated by the fact that they are barely above sea level. There are more than 1000 islands that make up the Maldives and 80% are no higher than a meter above sea level. Most are uninhabited.
Onorato and Krebs have manipulated some of the prints with various methods and in doing to “they create quasi-abstract images that inventively describe their perceptions of place. Fusing reality and imagination, their suite of images are powerful fictions that confront undeniable facts. ” (quote source: Scotiabank Contact website).
