On the side of the Bloomfield Centre in North end Halifax, there is a 1940’s style school speaker. I had been noticing it for some time as I passed by for breakfast or to take my son to the park. The Bloomfield Centre is a historic location that has been a community hub. The ownership of the property has migrated from Public school to gymnasium and art studios to The Imagine Bloomfield Society and Housing NS, and is finally at the brink of transition into another unknown. This work contributes to the discussion surrounding the future of Bloomfield.

I have created a small installation that I feel addresses the sentiments of the Centre awaiting its destiny. I have fashioned (from copper) a decorative party hat, complete with pom-pom and ribbons which, when installed above the speaker, visually transforms that forgotten speaker into a New Year’s Eve style celebratory “noisemaker”- one that has been waiting for some time.