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Step into an Interactive Graphic Novel with “For: Ze”

by TVan March 15, 2023

March 15, 2023

By Paula Burrows Preventing textile waste and promoting sustainability have become priorities for many in the fashion industry, prompting the question: how else can…

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Exhibitions Galleries & Museums Local Artists New Westminster Visual Art
“Guilty as Skin” Creates An Important Dialogue With Viewers

by TVan February 9, 2023

February 9, 2023

The current exhibition at The Gallery at Queen’s Park, “Guilty As Skin,” is a brave call to action against the systemic racism of our…

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Galleries & Museums Indigenous Art Local Artists Vancouver's North Shore Visual Art
A Walk Through The Inuit Gallery’s Storied Collection

by TVan January 25, 2023

January 25, 2023

By Harriet Goodwin After 21 years in its first Gastown location and a further 21 years across the road in its second, it seems fitting…

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Exhibitions Galleries & Museums Local Artists Performing Art Surrey Visual Art
‘Autumn Strawberry’ Relives the Generational Memory of Japanese-Canadians

by TVan January 19, 2023

January 19, 2023

With the short film Autumn Strawberry on view now at the Surrey Art Gallery, director/animator Cindy Mochizuki, and choreographer Lisa Mariko Gelley create an artistic…

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Galleries & Museums Local Artists Vancouver Visual Art
Accessing Public Accessibility with Artist Carmen Papalia

by TVan January 7, 2023

January 7, 2023

By Kevin Leung Carmen Papalia is a Vancouver-based artst, whose work centres on accessibility to public space, institutions and visual culture. With NEXT: Provisional…

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Burnaby Exhibitions Galleries & Museums Indigenous Art Local Artists Visual Art
Dream Marrow at the Burnaby Art Gallery

by TVan December 12, 2022

December 12, 2022

By Natasha PondaDream Marrow at the Burnaby Art Gallery is a visual and varied communication about the human fascination with the subconscious mind. In…

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Galleries & Museums Guides Langley Local Artists Visual Art
Your Arts and Culture Guide to Fort Langley

by TVan December 9, 2022

December 9, 2022

By Harriet Goodwin Fort Langley is one of those places that makes for the perfect Sunday afternoon stroll – think great food, well-looked-after heritage…

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Exhibitions Galleries & Museums Local Artists Vancouver's North Shore Visual Art
With ‘All Fall Down’, Martha Sturdy Explores Desecrated Beauty

by TVan November 10, 2022

November 10, 2022

By Song Xianjun The previous Gertrude Lawson House, now the West Vancouver Art Museum, is always a place with a real soul for art. On…

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Guides Indigenous Art Local Artists Vancouver's North Shore Visual Art
Don’t miss the boat: A Public Art Tour on Vancouver’s North Shore

by TVan October 25, 2022

October 25, 2022

By Harriet Goodwin The fact that you can travel to Vancouver’s North Shore aboard a piece of art sets the tone for this tour of the…

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Burnaby Exhibitions Galleries & Museums International Local Artists Performing Art Vancouver Visual Art
Creepy and Cursed Art Events for Halloween

by TVan October 16, 2022

October 16, 2022

If you’ve already visited the area pumpkin patches, made your yard look like an exhumed crypt and stocked your shelves with all manner of…

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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.”