From September 26 to December 31\, 2010\, an environm entally themed video installation entitled Four Directions will be on show in celebration of the opening of Evergreen at the Brickworks in Toronto.
Through this exhibition\, public art organization No. 9 Contemporary Ar t & the Environment – along with curator Andrea Carson – hope to demonstrat e that contemporary art can stimulate positive social and environmental cha nge. The group video exhibition features four powerful environmentally them ed video artworks\, each screened inside one of four restored drying kilns (long tunnels). The kilns are located at the north end of the Heritage Bric k Factory\, Building 16\, a 52\,000-square-foot space which is the largest building on site.
The works to be screened are Lessons of Darkness by legendary German filmmaker Werner Herzog and three Canadian artists: L'or blanc/White Gold\, a No. 9 commission by Isabelle Hayeur (Quebec)\, The Cya nide Flats: 50°54´15´´N / 95°20´20´´W\, a No. 9 commission by Val Klassen ( Manitoba)\, and Waterspeak by Dana Claxton (British Columb ia).
The exhibition’s goal is to acknowledge man-made environmental d estruction and to offer alternative ways of thinking about a healthy earth that suggest regrowth and healing. The exhibition will present a journey fo r the viewer from Herzog’s bleak documentation of Kuwait’s burning oil fiel ds to Isabelle Hayeur’s curtain of softly falling salt crystals\, followed by Val Klassen’s still signs of hope within a ravaged landscape\, to Dana C laxton’s mesmerizing plea on behalf of water.
Without being overly di dactic or preachy\, together the three works will provide a response to Her zog’s Lessons of Darkness. As the viewer progresses through each tunnel\, h e/she will witness environmental devastation\, followed by works that engag e the emotions to suggest mindfulness\, respect and honour for our environm ent.
For more information on No. 9 Contemporary Art & the Environment \, please visit www.no9.ca/9.html. F or more information on Evergreen at the Brickworks\, please visit http://ebw.evergreen.ca.
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