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LarbitsSisters Talk + Panel

by TVan October 14, 2020

October 14, 2020 0 comment

New Media Gallery, presents an Artists Talk by Brussels-based artists the LarbitsSisters, followed by a Panel Discussion with Dr. Cissie Fu (Dean of the Faculty of Culture + Community at Emily Carr University of Art + Design) and Ami Iaria (Associate General Counsel at the British Columbia Securities Commission). The LarbitsSisters’ will speak on their award-winning, interactive installation entitled Bitsoil POPup Tax and Hack Campaign (2018).

ISEA (International Symposium on Electronic Art) is an international non-profit organization fostering interdisciplinary academic discourse and exchange among culturally diverse organizations and individuals working with art, science and technology. ISEA2020 is Virtual this year with over 300 international speakers and artists from 40 countries. For more info: https://isea2020.isea-international.org/full-programme/

Bitsoil POPup Tax and Hack Campaign is an interactive, internet-based artwork that is a digital campaign with online and offline activity. It consists of the interaction between a troupe of happily trolling social media bots on Twitter which work to restore fair balance to the digital economy and counter its tendencies to concentrate wealth in the hands of a few big Tech companies. The physical installation will be streaming live from New Media Gallery and users can participate by registering for the campaign online. For more info: https://newmediagallery.ca/artist-talk-isea-2020/

Event Details
Date: 17 October, 2020

Discussion: 10:00am – 11:00am (PDT)

Q+A – 11:00am-12:00pm (PDT)

Registration: Limit of 100 virtual spaces. ZOOM link can be requested from: contact@newmediagallery.ca

More details at: newmediagallery.ca/artist-talk-isea-2020

Bill Reid Gallery: Resurgence: Indigiqueer Identities

ONLINE EXHIBITION: The Upper Side of the Sky

march, 2023

18aug(aug 18)9:30 am17apr(apr 17)5:00 pmSurrey on Screen(august 18) 9:30 am - (april 17) 5:00 pm 17710 56A AvenueEvent Type:Art EventAdmission Type:Free

17nov01julAll We Want Is More: The Tobias Wong Project(november 17) 10:00 am - (july 1) 8:00 pm Event Type:Art EventAdmission Type:Ticketed

03dec(dec 3)10:00 am16apr(apr 16)8:00 pmNEXT: Provisional Structures: Carmen Papalia with Co-Conspirators(december 3) 10:00 am - (april 16) 8:00 pm 750 Hornby StreetEvent Type:Art EventAdmission Type:Ticketed

Event Details

The Vancouver Art Gallery is pleased to present: NEXT: Provisional Structures: Carmen Papalia with Co-Conspirators, a new project by Carmen Papalia and his co-conspirators that centres disability cultures within the Gallery.

For Papalia, the process of making spaces accessible to a broader cross-section of the public is inherently creative and works created by the artist are often a means to test, model and share his ideas about accessibility. At the centre of the exhibition is an ambitious architectural installation created by the artist in collaboration with local architect Michael Lis. The piece is comprised of a large acoustic dome that visitors can enter, encircled by tall, wooden towers. The structure appears to be temporarily and briskly constructed, giving tangible form to Papalia’s notion of a model for accessibility that can rise spontaneously in response to the given needs of a group.

In the artist’s words, “Provisional Structures is at once an installation, an institutional intervention and a call to action that serves as a platform for disabled artists, curators and cultural workers by requiring the institutions that exhibit it to dedicate time, space and resources to the development of the systems necessary to hold disability culture and artistry in its wholeness.”

In keeping with the principles of Papalia’s practice, the artist has also invited a group of co-conspirators to support and generously share ideas that resonate and relate to disability justice and social cohesion. Works by participating artists including Sharona Franklin and Heather Kai Smith complement and poetically extend some of the themes and ideas within Papalia’s practice. Rebel Fayola Rose and the collaborative duo, The Curiosity Paradox, both access advocates and artists will be participating in the exhibition through a series of public programs and performances. Details on the activities and dates will be available in the coming weeks.

Public engagement and programming are key components of the exhibition and workshops, talks and discussions will be held during the exhibition throughout its duration. Additional resources are also available on the Gallery’s app.

“In working with Carmen Papalia and Co-Conspirators, the Vancouver Art Gallery welcomes audiences to consider the possibilities of art as a non-visual experience,” said Anthony Kiendl, CEO & Director of Vancouver Art Gallery. “This exhibition is an example of contemporary art as a language that exceeds the visual – it is clearly about challenging ways of thinking and ideas. At the same time, the project introduces other voices and narratives from the contemporary disability movement. This creates not only an important but vital and relevant environment for the public to experience. We are very excited to be a hub for people to gather over the coming weeks of the exhibition.”