Finders Keepers: Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins’ post-revolutionary take on the vernacular

As last winter passed into spring, the artists Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins were intent on making every minute count. They had just fi nished an immense installation for Canada Blooms, Toronto’s annual flowerand-garden show, hard on the heels of exhibitions at the National Gallery of Canada and the Art Gallery of York University. Several other projects were in varying states of completion or looming on the horizon. Because Marman and Borins do not yet say no, either to themselves or to others, a daunting set of commitments stretched out over the next two years. They keenly sensed the clock ticking away. Another rite of spring, fi ling tax returns for Implosion Post Media Ltd., the registered legal entity of the Marman-Borins collaboration—something that would pull them away from their preferred tasks for the better part of a week—also presented an opportune occasion to reassess their resources and reflect on their practice.