Visual Art Forums

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Dr. Heather Igloliorte
REWRITING INUIT ART HISTORY | TOWARDS AN INCLUSIVE FUTURE
Thursday, February 23, 2017 | 7 to 9PM
Lecture Theatre | Room 301, South Building 

Join us for a lecture, Rewriting Inuit Art History - Towards an Inclusive Future, with Curator, Art Historian and Research Chair in Indigenous Art History and Community Engagement at Concordia University, Dr. Heather Igloliorte.

Join the Visual Art Forum for a talk with artist Buster Simpson.

Buster Simpson’s conceptual / process-based art practice has been focused on urban environmentalism for more than four decades. From his home base in Seattle, he has traveled extensively, working collaboratively across disciplines, social spheres, and generations, to create an extensive body of work that inspires individuals and communities to be responsible environmental stewards.

Join the Visual Art Forum for a screening of artist K8 Hardy's first feature film Outfitmentary (82 min), 2016, followed by a discussion with the artist.

“In 2001, I set out on the structuralist journey that has become my first feature film, Outfitumentary. I named the project at the outset, and considered it a document for posterity, an important record of the dress codes of a radical lesbian underground. The formal rules I imposed were simple: to roll my video camera and capture a shot of myself from head to toe with a turn to provide front and back. Ultimately, I played fast and loose with my own rules, but stayed true to my original intentions” (© K8 Hardy, NY, 2016).

Join us for a free talk with curator Michele Horrigan and Seanie Barron.

Curator Michele Horrigan presents an overview of her work in Askeaton where, since 2006, artists live and work each summer while thematic exhibitions, publications and events frequently occur.

Through these methods, over eighty artists projects have been realised. With no ‘white-cube’ galleries in Askeaton, art exists in publicly throughout the town, in locations from petrol stations and pubs to a medieval castle and ruined occult building. This form of engagement focuses on the existing dynamics of the locale, intending to bring forward the diverse layers of daily life and create a rich framework for subjective encounter.

Join us for a Visual Art Forum talk with Pittsburgh-based artist John Carson.

John Carson has presented live performances, soundworks, installations as both and has been involved in many public art projects. He has exhibited drawings, photographs, prints and sculpture in such venues as The Douglas Hyde Gallery in Dublin, The ICA in London, CCA in Glasgow, IKON Gallery in Birmingham, PS1 in New York, New Langton Arts in San Francisco and The Mattress Factory in Pittsburgh.

Join us for a Visual Art Forum talk with Vancouver based artist Judy Radul.

Judy Radul’s latest works, involve an original computer controlled system for live and pre-recorded video. Her practice also includes sculpture, photography, writing and performance. Her large-scale media installation World Rehearsal Court (2009) has been shown in Vancouver, Vienna, Seoul, and Oslo. Related to this project, with Marit Paasche she co-edited a book of collected essays and images A Thousand Eyes: Media Technology, Law and Aesthetics (Sternberg Press, Berlin, 2011).

Please join us in welcoming Charles Stankievech, recipient of the Audain Distinguished Artist-in-Residence Program for Spring/Summer 2016. Stankievech will be giving a public talk in the Emily Carr Theatre, followed by a reception in the Charles H. Scott Gallery.

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Please join us for a talk with Montreal-based painter David Elliott.

David Elliott is a painter working since the 1970s in a genre that mixes representation with the illusion of flat collage and found materials. His works have been exhibited around the world, including a retrospective at the Museo de Arte Moderno in Mexico City. He is a professor at Concordia University in Montreal and is represented by Joyce Yahouda Gallery.

Monday, February 22, 2016 | 6pm
ECU MoCap Studio | Room 285E, North Building

This is a free event open to everyone.