Woven Room
Brenda Christine St. Pierre (Victoria), Jason Hunt (Victoria)
October 26 — November 3
Open Space is pleased to host Woven Room, an installation by Brenda Christine St. Pierre and Jason Hunt. Woven Room is part of the Healing and Transforming in a Contemporary World: Aboriginal Underground Art Crawl to commence on Saturday Nov 3rd at 7PM.
Brenda Christine St. Pierre employs traditional Native weaving both as a practice and symbolic gesture that connects her to her Cree-Sarcee-Metis heritage. Jason Hunt incorporates the carving style of the Kwakwaka ‘waku Nation, as taught to him by his father, Stan Hunt.
Gayle Young Residency
Open Space is hosting a residency with Canadian composer, author, and instrument designer Gayle Young from October 27 through November 9, 2007.
Iron Man
Todd Janes
Iron Man
October 16 - 20, 2pm - 5pm
Artist Talk, October 20, 12noon
Open Space is pleased to host a five-day residency with Edmonton-based artist Todd Janes. In a variety of public sites, Janes challenges the stereotypes associated with gendered labour and the increasingly blurred boundaries between public and private, work and pleasure. He reminds us of the marginal activities that we encounter daily and then consciously choose to ignore or acknowledge.
Tony Wilson & Carsick
Tony Wilson & Carsick in Concert
Saturday, October 20 8pm
$10/$12
Workshop: Styles of Music Improvisation
Monday, October 22 7 pm
Drop in Fee
Victoria - Critically acclaimed avant garde composer, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist Tony Wilson works in the jazz and improvisation realms. On October 22, he will present new works from his recently released solo CD Horse’s Dream at Open Space. This Hornby Island based guitarist has inspired audiences for many years with his cutting edge guitar stylings that fall somewhere in between the ambient sounds of Bill Frisell and the more angular atonal playing of Sonny Sharrock.
Squirm
Squirm: Larissa Fassler and Bettina Hoffman Screenings
October 5 to November 10, 2007
Opening: Friday, October 5 8pm
Artists’ talks: Saturday, October 6 12 noon
Visual artists Larissa Fassler and Bettina Hoffmann create fictionalized social conditions, which they then photograph and / or videotape. The resulting work opens disconcerting insight into the habits of interaction among friends, families and communities.
Gordon Monahan Residency
Gordon Monahan Residency
October 1 -6, 2007
Workshop October 1, 7 pm
Installation October 3 and 4: 11am – 3 pm, October 5: 11am – 7pm, October 6: 11am – 5 pm
Opening and Artist Talk October 5, 7:30 pm
Artist Talk and Screening October 4, 1:30pm
Performance October 4, 8pm
Open Space and the Victoria Conservatory of Music welcome sound artist Gordon Monahan (Toronto, Berlin) to Victoria. Monahan will present an exiting array of sonic works, including a new 8-channel sound installation, a performance featuring solo piano, Theremin and swinging speakers, an artist talk and a workshop all taking place Monday October 1 to Saturday October 6.