Selection Results: Somewhere Behind Our Eyes

The City's public art program is pleased to announce that Dennis Lin's proposed artwork Somewhere Behind Our Eyes has been commissioned for South Common Community Centre and Library.

A comprehensive review by an arms-length art selection committee consisting of arts professionals, architects, and local community members included the committee's review of residents' feedback, along with factors related to technical feasibility and sustainability.

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Somewhere Behind Our Eyes

This suspended sculpture is a deeply community-driven work, built from objects donated by the people of Mississauga—items carrying personal, cultural, and historical significance. As a visible minority and the child of immigrant parents, I understand the weight of holding onto objects, not just for their function, but for the histories, emotions, and sense of belonging they embody. For the South Common Community Centre, I am proposing a suspended constellation—a mobile sculpture composed of objects from Mississauga residents, each carrying a piece of someone’s story, someone’s history.

Books, cultural artifacts, religious items, fabrics, and other meaningful pieces will be curated through community workshops and collection events. The objects will be held in bronze dishes, displayed on flat bronze plates, placed under bell jars, or suspended individually. Some of the shallow bronze dishes will hold cascading fronds of bronze or acrylic, forming a kind of hanging garden of objects. This project will incorporate salvaged bronze and acrylic, along with natural elements such as stone and wood sourced from the surrounding area. The result will be an environmentally conscious work that reinforces the connection between Mississauga’s built and natural landscapes.

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Note on intellectual property: all artwork presented here remains the intellectual property of its creator.