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aBIOTIC Filters Water Through A Digital Lens

by TVan February 13, 2023

February 13, 2023

By Kristin Lim Recently opened at New Media Gallery, aBIOTIC is an impressive experiential exhibition that brings together three international artists exploring the mysterious behaviours of water.…

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Exhibitions Galleries & Museums Local Artists Surrey Visual Art
Visualizing the Black Vernacular at Surrey Art Gallery

by TVan September 28, 2022

September 28, 2022

Surrey is one of BC’s most diverse cities, so it’s a natural home for the first public showing from collaborators from The Black Arts…

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Capture Photography Festival Replaces Ads with Art

by PatioKim May 14, 2022

May 14, 2022

By Kristin Lim While Capture Photography Festival, which was my social calendar for the month of April, has officially ended, its public art installations…

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Exhibitions Galleries & Museums Local Artists Vancouver's North Shore Visual Art
“We Can Only Hint At This With Words” Examines Extraverbal Conversation

by PatioKim May 11, 2022

May 11, 2022

By Kristi Alexandra Great art often leaves you with more questions than answers, and the latest exhibition at the Gordon Smith Gallery of Canadian…

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Exploring Identity at August Studios’ New Group Exhibition

by PatioKim May 9, 2022

May 9, 2022

By Kristin Lim Of Two Minds, a group exhibition featuring work by four Vancouver-based artists, Lydia Cecilia, Laura Clark, Katherine Duclos, and Emiko Venlet,…

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Galleries & Museums Local Artists Vancouver's North Shore Visual Art
The Polygon Gallery Reaches Lofty New Heights with ‘Cloud Album’

by PatioKim March 20, 2022

March 20, 2022

What do you see when you look at clouds? Interpreting the artistic merits of the vaulting whiteness above us is an activity that comes…

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Galleries & Museums Indigenous Art International Local Artists Vancouver Visual Art
Exploring the Intricacies of Family and Ancestry in ‘Related’

by PatioKim March 12, 2022

March 12, 2022

By Tara Lee Family, whether the one born into or the one chosen, helps to cultivate belonging, location, and a sense of identity. However,…

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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.”