GENERATED HABITATS EXHIBITION
Curated by Aleksandra Rdest, Reiko Shimizu and Steve Newberry.
The spaces we inhabit are written into us. If we consciously change the places we live, can we change ourselves?
The art collective A Collection of Foreign Objects tackles these concepts in their April exhibition, Generated Habitats . Following the success in 2004 of Trans in Yokohama , Japan and transTOKYO in Toronto , Generated Habitats is comprised of fresh, vibrant works that compel viewers to question how they are affected by, and affect their own surroundings.
Intentionally choosing the unique exhibition space of a vacant dwelling, Generated Habitats turns away from the blank, sterile cube of the traditional gallery, and towards an inspiring space in which traces of past inhabitants remain. In April, they will inhabit a dynamic apartment at 2-1022 Queen St. and become neighbours with the gallery district of Queen St. West . Working within rooms designed for habitation rather than exhibition, the viewer is invited, lured, and guided through each artist's generated habitat.
United by a shared experience of Japanese culture and its influence, A Collection of Foreign Objects , along with selected Japanese and Canadian artists, will be producing works in the diverse media of sculpture, painting, printmaking, fashion and photography.
Participating artists include: Rie Aikawa, Geoff Bland , Nicholas Di Genova, Skye Hohm ann , Pay Katsuyuki, Angus MacPherson, Steve Newberry, Jennifer Norman, Hitoko Okada, Aleksandra Rdest, Reiko Shimizu, Daisuke Takeya, Rhya Tamasauskas, Megumi Ueno.
Please join us for the opening reception on Friday April 7 from 7-10 pm at 2-1022 Queen St. West (just west of Ossington Ave. ).
The exhibition will be on view from April 6 until April 29. Hours will be Thurs to Sat, 12-6 pm .