Lisa Neighbour Toronto, ON

Lisa's World of Terror

Electrical wire, sockets, plugs, bulbs

Location: Spiral staircase that leads from the great hall

World of Terror is located inside a stone staircase at Hart House. The site has a grungy, Medieval Times atmosphere, spiraling down from the elite to the plebeian, and linking the cocktail bar with the banquet hall. The theme park experience mixing equal parts fear and pleasure, is leavened by one's willingness to suspend disbelief, and is rewarded by a delicious artificial terror. The tower houses three electrical bats, their wings casting bleak shadow lines onto the stone walls, waiting for visitors to take the plunge.

Lisa Neighbour is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design. She has exhibited in various group exhibitions including Dalgas Underground, Copenhagen, Denmark (1996); Rococo Tattoo at the Powerplant, Toronto (1997); in collaboration with Carlo Cesta in Crosseyed, Toronto (1998); The Home Show, Winnipeg Art Gallery (2003); Canadian Club at the Canadian Cultural Centre in Paris, France (2005) and 18 Illuminations, which is currently touring Canada. She has shown work in solo shows, School of Knots (2004) and D Lux (2006) at Katharine Mulherin Contemporary Art Projects, in Toronto, and is represented by Katharine Mulherin.