A Piece of a City Project
A Piece of a City is a neighbourhood-based curatorial initiative commissioned for Toronto’s Art of the Danforth Festival (May 2012).
The project brings together a group of emerging and established artists to envision a series of site-specific installations and performances that address the interlocking themes of locality, community & contemporary art practice.
Participating Artists:
Adam Herst, Alex McLeod, Amy Barnes, Brian Cauley, Denise Ing, Gram Schmalz, Isaac Weber & Creative Works Studio, Aesthetec Studio, Take Picture Don’t Steal, TIMEANDDESIRE, Will Kwan, Willy Chyr & Cara Spooner
Curated by Annie Onyi Cheung, John Loerchner & Laura Mendes.
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In Memory: Something that happens after then, and before now | Exhibition
In Memory is a collection of collaborative art installations created by 15 pairs of artists who have been asked to recall, reinterpret and recreate a past memory, together.
The exhibition will be at 717 Queen St East (Queen & Broadview) in an old, abandoned funeral parlour.
Curated by Annie Onyi Cheung and Labspace Co-Directors, Laura Mendes & John Loerchner.
Artists: Adam Stenhouse & Vanessa Arnold, Annie Onyi Cheung & Risa Kusumoto, Annie Tse & Van L. Ching, Bishara Mohamed & Marino Imperio, Celine Marks & Lindsay Small, Chris Willes & Julia Male, Deborah Peterson & Huss Elassal, Denise Ing & Kathryn Ward, Gram Schmalz & Brian Sasaski, Jessica Thalmann & Noelle Wharton-Ayer, Kyra Green & Jasmyn Fyffe, Laura Mendes & John Loerchner, Maggie Flynn & Maggy Flynn, Nurielle Stern & Nancy Jo Cullen, Vasa Gatiance & Alex Shaw.
In Memory is the final instalment of The (Re)Collection Project, a three-part art series that investigates how people remember the PAST, experience the PRESENT and think about the FUTURE.
Press
BlogTO Review
Inside Toronto Article (Interview: Installations in old funeral parlour explore the instability of memory)
The Grid (Interview: Art show at the Undertaker’s)
Must-see mentions
Canadian Art (Top 5 Featured Shows in Canada of the Week)
National Post (Top 5 Things to do this Weekend)
Now Magazine
BlogTO
Torontoist
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Moments Intercepted | Exhibition
‘StarryLunch’ by Andrea & Rodman Spilling
Challenge 6: Make your next meal a work of art
From June 6 – July 6th, collaborators from across North America (Toronto, New York, Chicago, Vancouver, Montreal, LA, Halifax, Calgary, San Francisco, etc), took part in a month-long series of random & impulsive creative challenges; responding, documenting & transforming their everyday moments into miniature art projects.
Big moments, small moments, private moments and public moments have been shared and collected, one by one, and made available here in our digital archive for all to see.
*Visit the Moments Intercepted exhibition at Labspace Studio from July 22-24 (Opening Party on Friday July 22nd, 7pm-1am).
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I WORRY | Exhibition
What happens when the worries of 100 individuals are presented in a collective? When the act of worrying, a deeply personal and private behaviour, turns public?
Join us for the Opening Reception of I Worry, the inaugural exhibition of
The (Re)collection Project.
Show runs: June 24-26, 2011
Opening Reception: June 24, 7pm-1am
(installations / interactive zone / light catering & cash bar /guest DJ at 10:30pm)
Location: Labspace Studio, 2A Pape Ave
Gallery Hours: 10-5pm, Sat & Sun
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I Worry Site for complete details.
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