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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 Vancouver Visual Art
‘Apparition Room’ Celebrates 50 Years of Western Front

by TVan March 5, 2023

March 5, 2023

By Natasha Ponda Apparition Room, the ongoing exhibition celebrating 50 years of the Western Front gallery, pools digitized works from their archives to showcase pieces…

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Exhibitions Galleries & Museums International New Westminster Visual Art
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 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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Indigenous Art International Local Artists Performing Art Vancouver
5 Can’t Miss Performances at The 2023 PuSh Festival

by TVan January 15, 2023

January 15, 2023

By Kristin Lim Get ready for 18 days of innovative, risk-taking performances at the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival. From January 19th to February…

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Exhibitions Local Artists Performing Art Vancouver
The Lumière Festival is Back To Light Up Vancouver

by TVan November 15, 2022

November 15, 2022

One of Vancouver’s most magical winter events returns this month, and we couldn’t be more thrilled to get our glow on. The re-imagined Lumière Festival will once…

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Exhibitions Guides Local Artists New Westminster Surrey Vancouver Visual Art
5 Creative Workshops to Explore this Winter

by TVan November 11, 2022

November 11, 2022

By Jaclyn Hayward Maybe it’s the vibrant leaves colouring the ground beneath us, or the cold, wet wind challenging our daily routines — but…

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Galleries & Museums International Local Artists New Westminster Visual Art
Nevermind AI, ‘Mouthpiece’ Achieves Artificial Emotion

by TVan October 27, 2022

October 27, 2022

When trying to describe ‘Mouthpiece’, currently exhibiting at New Media Gallery in New Westminster, it’s hard not to feel a bit like you’re looking…

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Exhibitions Galleries & Museums International Local Artists Vancouver's North Shore Visual Art
Sharing Latin-Canadian Stories at Volver (to return, to become)

by TVan October 12, 2022

October 12, 2022

By Madison Smart CityScape Community ArtSpace in North Vancouver recently celebrated the opening of Volver (to return, to become), a seven-person show curated by…

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Exhibitions Galleries & Museums Local Artists Performing Art Vancouver's North Shore Visual Art
Thinking About Our Collective Future with Stan Douglas

by TVan October 3, 2022

October 3, 2022

What do the years 1848 and 2011 have in common? How are they dissimilar, and why bring these years into relation in the first…

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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.”