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Indepth Arts News:
"Video Art"
2001-01-17 until 2001-02-04
Bishop's University Art Gallery
Lennoxville, QC,
CA
Bishops University Art Gallery is
proud to present the exhibition Video
Art, which will run from January 17
until February 4, 2001. An eclectic
selection of videos by contemporary
artists will run continuously in the Art
Gallery. Two evenings dedicated to
video projections at Centennial
Theatre will also accompany the
exhibition: Tuesday January 23rd at
7pm and Tuesday January 30th at
7pm. Come and discover different aspects relating to the history of video
art, an art form, which emerged in the 1970s and has since become a
well-established artistic medium.
The first video presentation, entitled
Speaking Bodies is a compilation of
fourteen videos which explore such
questions as, how does the body
relate to the mouth and the mouth to
the body? And is the voice always
located in a single part of the body?
The second video, which is currently
in the last leg of its national tour, is
composed of two parts: V is for
Video: 1999, and V is for Video:
Retrospective. V is for Video has been presenting student video art since
1983 in an annual Toronto festival. This national tour provides an
opportunity to examine the legacy of video art from artists who are now
established in a Canadian (and international) art community, and from
current students who are continuing the tradition. It is in this tradition,
within the larger Canadian Art context, that we present this work. Video is
an exciting and innovative artistic medium, whether the approach is
conceptual or narrative, video mediates the body, cultural identity, memory
and social ideology.
The opening reception will be held in
the Bishop’s University Art Gallery on
Wednesday January 17, 2001 from
5pm to 7pm. The exhibition will run
from January 17 until February 4,
2001. The video projections at
Centennial Theatre:
* Speaking Bodies, presented
by Gallery 101 and curated by Nicole
Gingras, will be shown on Tuesday
January 23rd at 7pm.
* V is for Video National Tour, presented by Mark Schilling will be
shown the following Tuesday, January 30th at 7pm.
Bishop’s University Art Gallery would like to acknowledge the support of
Le Centre Mayrand et Frères ltée in Lennoxville for their generous financial
contribution.
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