Upcoming
Dick Groot: Tidelines
September 10 - October 22, 2010
Opening: Sept. 10, 7pm
Artist roundtable: Oct. 2, 2pm
Tidelines is an integrated, simultaneous presentation of music, poetry and photography inspired by the tidal landscape of Minas Basin. The emotion engendered by the tidal landscape is reflected in recorded poetry and music integrated in a sound space designed specifically for this installation by composer Derek Charke. The poetry is by the Dutch poet Onno Kosters and John Frederic Herbin. The photography is a selection of Dick Groot’s Tidescapes series, a project in a continuing state of becoming. The audience experiences the three works simultaneously and as they are walking through the mobile to view the photography the whole structure moves with the photography, suggesting the motion of the tides
Sarah Saunders: Between Presence & Absence
October 28 - December 8, 2010
Opening: Oct. 28, 7pm
The works in this show all deal, in some way, with presence, absence and the ephemerality of our personal history. Like the shed skin of a snake, or an empty bird’s nest, these pieces imply an absent life. Some of this work attempts to capture the intangible, like a gesture or memory. Empty of a physical presence, yet full of metaphorical space, these pieces act as relics of a former existence. Their fragile nature inspires reflection on what it is to be part of the ongoing succession of life, exploring themes of vulnerability, endurance, and memory