Just a reminder: although we keep telling you about all of our fantastic upcoming events, like Splash! this friday or our calls for submissions, we have two great shows by Mathieu Valade and Lisa Rezansoff up in the gallery right now. They’re only here until Saturday, so if you haven’t seen them yet make sure to drop by.
After those teaser images last week, it’s only fair to give you all some snaps of what Mathieu Valade’s Cubic Units looks like now that it’s ready—and a hint of how it comes alive. If you haven’t seen it already, come by the gallery and take a look!
Our friend Carolyn Jervis wrote about Mathieu Valade and Lisa Rezansoff’s new shows here at Latitude 53 for Vue Weekly. If you haven’t seen it yet, here’s part of her description of Cubic Units:
Startling art installation mischief, which is complementary to “Logotomy,” can be found in the show’s namesake piece. Innocuous-looking mirrored cubes cover one-third of the exhibition space, appearing to be quietly at home sitting on the grey floor and projecting reflected light onto grey walls and ceiling. Without warning, the diamond-shaped reflections abruptly disappear as the cubes reveal hockey puck-sized internal lights. The whole floor seems to vibrate and the cubes sound like a garburator chorus as they slowly migrate in no particular direction.
Read the article for the rest of her insights.
Upcoming artist talks:
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We thought we’d give you another teaser of Mathieu Valade’s Cubic Units under construction. The show opens tonight at 7:00 PM, along with Lisa Rezansoff’s New Prints.
If you love minimalism, mirrors, or robots and light and sound effects, make sure you come to Mathieu’s artist talk tomorrow at 2:00. He’s come all the way from Quebec, for the first time, and we think it’s going to be a good one.
What is this? Mathieu Valade’s new installation, under construction in the gallery? You’ll have to come see at the opening on Friday night.
Of course we’re all very excited about 53 Ways to Leave Your Lover which is coming up next weekend on the 26th, but we’re also looking ahead to two exciting shows which open the first week of March. In the Main Space, Montreal artist Mathieu Valade is installing a new work titled Cubic Units. We haven’t seen it yet, but Victoria Stanton talked to Valade about the project:
What does Mathieu Valade’s sculpture have to do with performance?
In 2000, Los Angeles-based sculptor Evan Holloway made a piece called “Wildly Painted Warped Lumber (#2).” In 2009 I read about it in the keenly insightful book, Perform, by Jens Hoffman and Joan Jonas. The piece is described in the second section of this set of short essays, titled “Performing the Object.” According to the authors, the particularity of this piece, as related to the ensemble of the artist’s practice, is its relationship to the viewer: “The works often turn out to be triggers for actions executed by the viewers who come into contact with them.” This, in turn, results in the spectator “(per)forming a second stage of sculpture.”
You can read her monograph on our website, but to make the most of her “Humble Suggestions For Viewing Cubic Units” you’ll want to pick up a copy in the gallery when the show opens March 4th.
At the same time, Edmonton’s own Lisa Rezansoff will have a show of New Prints in our ProjEx room. We’ll be bringing you more on these two shows in the next two weeks
