Belle Isle Park

A series of ice-cream cones melting, puddles of colorful cream spotted in the park. What a shame. Our most treasured moment of the day - a refreshing lick of a cold sweet milk orb - splashed on the ground and by the benches, vanishing in front of our eyes like some irretrievable, regretful dreams.

Entitled Isles of cream, the proposed public artwork repositions the park as a place of reminiscence, where childhood memories of quaint porches, ice cream trucks, hopscotching and puppy love coalesce with the changing neighborhood. Drawing inspiration from the site being the remnant of an actual island circumscribed by Capilano River, the artwork reveals the ephemerality of our living environment as we grow up. Casted in bronze and coated with delightful colours, the melted ice cream cones are ‘left behind’ like the innocence of the children we once were, bringing the bygone and the present together into a moment of concinnity and intimacy.