Cedric Bomford

Cedric Bomford’s Mountain Embassy is a commentary on an embassy’s role as an authority

By: Kim Regala, Peak Associate Tucked away near SFU’s upper bus loop and camouflaged by bushes that span the walkway stands a large, mysterious, box-like structure. From afar, it vaguely resembles another familiar SFU building, the W.A.C. Bennett Library, inheriting its architectural design and the vines that surround it. Up close, however, it is not a building at all. Instead, it is a rendered image of the library, but displayed only through a vinyl canvas that wraps around the structure. This is Cedric Bomford’s Mountain Embassy, the fourth in his series of works that use photography and installation to elucidate…

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