60" x 50" x 36" *installation scale
Artist’s sketches on paper (acrylic, graphite, coloured pencil, ink on paper of various sizes), clear plastic bag. 2026
Here One Second, Gone The Next is an exploration and celebration of how creative ideas and the ideation behind art-making is an art-form in and of itself.
Tania LaCaria’s been questioning where creative ideas come from and has been reflecting on the various ways that inspiration strikes, and how these ideas feel like entities of their own. Sometimes she finds the moment of inspiration to be more meaningful than the art that results from it, and is using Here One Second, Gone The Next to commemorate all the unaddressed ideas that came from inspiration that weren’t acted on.
This installation serves to recognize how ideas come and go, and prompts the viewer to ask questions of what happens to the creative ideas that aren’t explored, that have no where to land. The pile of crumpled up works on paper (ideas) on the floor and in a clear plastic bag stands as a visual interpretation of how Tania conceptualizes and visualized the existence of her unexplored creative ideas - they’re treated a bit like trash, they never go away, they always remain accessible, at hand, ready to be picked back up and reimagined into new ideas, but until then, they remain suspended in a moment of pause, discarded, unaddressed in a pile in the back of her mind.
This sculptural installation was created for the June 2026 Forms of Togetherness exhibition with the Ad Hoc Abstract collective at you me gallery at 330 James St N in downtown Hamilton. The entire show features works by fellow Ad Hoc Abstract collective members: Nancy Benoy, Natasja Bischoff, Tania LaCaria and Stephanie Seagram. See a video tour of the entire Forms of Togetherness exhibition here.
Ad Hoc Abstract is an all-woman collective based in Hamilton, Ontario. Working in mixed media across 2D and 3D forms, they create playful, explorative, and experiential works that examine relationships between structure and space. With a postmodern conceptualist approach, each artist is committed to the dialogue between artists, materials, and viewers. Forms of Togetherness explores abstraction as a shared language of connection. Through colour, form, and gesture, the works embody ideas of community, collaboration, connection and the woman experience. Each artist’s practice engages with intuition and material play, creating a conversation between individuality and collective energy. The gallery serves as an immersive environment where visual rhythm evokes
the dynamics of connection—tension, harmony, and flow. Ad Hoc Abstract is excited to participate in you me gallery’s curatorial commitment to contemporary
abstraction and community-driven practice, led by the persistently present, Bryce Kanbara.
To hear Tania LaCaria speak about this work, here's a clip taken from her Artist Talk at you me Gallery on June 28th 2026 from the Forms of Togetherness closing reception.
To read more about the Forms of Togetherness exhibition, check out Regina Haggo's write up in the Arts section of the Hamilton Spectator (online version available here).
*Available for sale at current listed price, rental/temporary installation prices available upon request.