congratulations vicki, caro & nina :) On 10.02.20 14:55, Vicki Smith wrote: > AGENTS FOR CHANGE | FACING THE ANTHROPOCENE > Curated by NINA CZEGLEDY AND JANE TINGLEY > > CURATED BY NINA CZEGLEDY AND JANE TINGLEY > THEMUSEUM.ca, Ontario, Kitchener > > Agents for Change | Facing the Anthropocene presents artworks by women > media artists working at the intersection of science, technology and art, > with a focus on ecological change—the greatest danger of our time. > > Responding to the global recognition of the importance of the creative > voices and activism of women artists, this unique exhibition demonstrates > progress towards improving gender representation in the arts. Anthropocene > describes the current geological period during which human activity has > significantly influenced the climate and environment, compromising life on > the planet. The impact of environmental change has begun to affect everyone > —from rising sea levels, to intense heat waves, to the mass extinction of > the earth’s flora and fauna. Change is inevitable, but only by facing the > future and understanding > the challenges can we begin to become agents for change. > > Selected artworks approach this complex topic by unpacking the lived > realities of humans on this earth, but also of the animals and insects that > we share it with. > Canadian artists in the exhibition include Diane Landry, Donna Legault, > Maayke Schurer, Liz Miller, Elaine Whitaker. > > Selected international artists: Kristine Diekman, Olga Kisseleva, Caro > McCaw/Vicki Smith, Rasa Smite/Raitis Smits, and Pinar Yoldas. > > We are pleased to present Currents as part of the exhibition - an evening > screening of video works created by indigenous women artists at the > University of Waterloo’s Fine Arts Department. > > Featured artists include Dana Claxton, Alethea Arnaquq-Bari, Shelley Niro, > Cara Mumford, Lisa Jackson, Amanda Strong, Helen Haig-Brown, and Vanessa > Dion Fletcher. Special thanks to collaborator Ivan Jurakic, curator of UWAG > for making the film program possible > > Grateful thanks are also due to our assistant Zana Kozomora, along with the > hardworking staff at THEMUSEUM for bringing this show into being. > > > About the Curators > NINA CZEGLEDY > Nina Czegledy, independent media artist, curator, and researcher with > international and national academic affiliations is based in Toronto, > Canada. She collaborates on art & science & technology projects > internationally. > The paradigm shifts in the arts in a cross-cultural context, > interdisciplinary education and practice, eco art and inter-generational > issues inform her collaborations. > Most recent curatorial project: Who’s you? JD Reid Gallery, > New Plymouth, NZ, 2019, Leonardo 50th at Cyber Arts and ARS Electronica, > Austria, 2018. > > JANE TINGLEY > Jane Tingley is an artist, curator and Associate Professor in Hybrid Media > Arts at the University of Waterloo (ON). Her studio work combines > traditional studio practice with new media tools - and spans > responsive/interactive installation, performative robotics, and the > creation of a telematically connected distributed sculpture. She has > participated in exhibitions and festivals in the Americas, the Middle East, > Asia, and Europe - including translife - International Triennial of Media > Art at the National Art Museum of China, Beijing, Gallerie Le Deco in Tokyo > (JP), Elektra Festival in Montréal(CA) and the Künstlerhause in Vienna > (AT). > _______________________________________________ > Ada_list mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > http://ada.net.nz/ > > > Manage your list membership (Subscribe, Change to digest, Unsubscribe) > http://list.waikato.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/ada_list --
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