Reclaim: Opening Reception

Lisa Jackson Jonathan Schipper Public Reception Friday, November 2 6:30pm - 8:30pm Gallery Talk: Jonathan Schipper, 7:00pm Please join us for the opening of our 19th Exhibition, Reclaim. We are delighted to present the work of two exceptional artists: Biidaaban : First Light by Lisa Jackson, Can, (with Matthew Borrett, Jam3 and National Film Board) and Detritus by Jonathan Schipper ,USA. Jonathan will give an artist talk in the gallery at 7:00pm. Lisa Jackson and Jonathan Schipper have created two landscapes : one in the digital realm, the other in the physical realm. Biidaaban; First Light uses virtual reality (VR) to guide you through a future, fallen city being reclaimed by nature. This renewal is seen through the lens of traditional languages — Wendat, Mohawk and Ojibway. Detritus uses mechanical + digital processes to build and rebuild a geographic terrain of mineral salt into uncanny, crystalline structures. One work reflects the value of connections, the other reflects the value of objects. Both are suggestive of the anthropocene, revealing the shadows of pre-industrial, industrial and post-industrial apparatus and the systems that define past and possibly future landscapes. Each of these places describes a reclaiming of earth, time and meaning; exposing cycles of destruction and renewal. See more information at the event's website above.