Fable VII

Fable VII consists of three components: an interior inscription; a bronze element in the exterior pool; and a lion with an accompanying frame. The artist anticipates the viewer to gravitate towards the interior pool inside the main lobby and find the inscription "Ex Oriente Lux" (Out of the East Comes Light) on the glass windows. From this vantage point the exterior pool will come into the viewer's line of vision, followed by the lion and the frame. The work establishes interplay between interior and exterior spaces and creates a dialogue between the architecture of surrounding buildings. While the bronze frame acts as a sundial, the element in the pool animates the area year-long, presenting notions of constant renewal through the use of sunlight and directional alignment. Trevor Gould was born in 1951, Johannesburg, South Africa, and moved to Canada in 1980.

As a complement to Fable VII, local artist Philip Fry created a landscape garden with Hybrid Lowbush Blueberries, local pink Meadowsweet Spirea Tomentosa and granite stones, arranged to suggest the shape of reclining animals.