Andrew Van Schie
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Andrew Van Schie is a painter and site-specific installation artist and a video artist living in North Bay, Ontario. His work can be seen in collections across Canada and in Europe. Andrew’s site-specific installations often deal with man’s relationship with his environment.
For the Auger Project, the artist will organize a small group of volunteer workers to auger 1500 holes into the ice of Lake Nipissing. The holes will be randomly arranged and will be completed on the day of the opening of Ice Follies. The holes will be cleared and marked with bamboo poles upon which are attached solar-powered LCD lights. Andrew will also be building a central mound of ice chips that will glow red at night.