Terrestrial/Celestial: Artist Talk by Diane Borsato< br />Sunday May 9th\, 2pm
Access Gallery presents an artist talk by Sobey award nominated artist Diane Borsato at the Western F ront Lux\, 2pm Sunday May 9th. In Vancouver to complete a new project for A ccess Gallery’s summer exhibition\, Field Work (June 25 – July 24)\, Diane Borsato will discuss her recent relational and interventionist projects. In works such as The Chinatown Foray (2009-10) and Terrestrial/Celestial\, th e artist collaborated on events with groups of amateur mycologists (mushroo m enthusiasts) and astronomers. In the ongoing work Italian Lessons\, the a rtist has been establishing unorthodox language instruction tutorials with physics students\, ambulance paramedics\, and salsa dancers. Other recent p rojects include Snakebus\, where the artist hired a reptile educator (with live reptiles) to substitute for herself in a performance on a school bus. Borsato's current practice explores multi-sensory\, affective\, and relatio nal ways of knowing. Several recent works involve amateur naturalists\, pla nts\, fungi and animals. For examples of her work visit: www.dianeborsato.net
Bio:
Diane Borsat o completed a BFA at York University (1997)\, an MFA at Concordia Universit y (2001)\, and an MA in Performance Studies from the Tisch School of the Ar ts at NYU. (2003). She has exhibited sculpture\, video\, photography\, perf ormance and public interventions at various galleries and museums in Canada and internationally. Recent exhibitions include Nuit Blanche Toronto (2006 )\, ARTEFACT Montreal Sculpture Triennial (2007)\, L'Oeil de Poisson in Qu ebec City (2008)\, The Power Plant in Toronto (2008)\, the AGYU in Toronto (2009)\, The National Museum of Fine Arts of Quebec and the Museum of Conte mporary Art of the Val-de-Marne in Paris\, Mercer Union in Toronto\, and th e Umami Festival of Performance Art in New York City. Borsato's works have been studied and reviewed in many publications including The Globe and Mail \, C Magazine\, Prefix Photo\, Esse\, and Canadian Art. She is currently As sistant Professor of Interdisciplinary Studio at the University of Guelph\, and lives in Toronto. For examples of past work and information about upco ming projects visit www.dianeborsato .net
For more information\, please see visit www.accessgallery.ca or contact:
Shaun DaceyGuest Curator
sdacey@in
terchange.ubc.ca
Image: from The Chinatown Foray\, Diane Bors ato\, 2009.
The exhibition Field Work is curated by Shaun Dacey\, a candidate in the Masters Degree in Critical Curato rial Studies at The University of British Columbia\,With support from the K illy Foundation and the Audain Endowment for Curatorial Studies through the Department of Art History\, Visual Art and Theory in collaboration with th e Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at The University of British Columbia .
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