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APRIL 28 TO JUNE 3 2006
VERNISSAGE THURSDAY APRIL 27 2006
5:30 – 7:30 PM
TRACER, RETRACER 2
EDITH DEKYNDT
LEIF ELGGREN
RAYMOND GERVAIS
MIKA TAANILA
MIKA VAINIO
NICOLE GINGRAS VISITING CURATOR OF CONTEMPORARY
ART, 2005-2006
The Leonard & Bina Ellen Art Gallery presents Tracking
the Traces 2, in which curator Nicole Gingras
continues her investigation of the notion of trace, begun in
the spring of 2005. This second exhibition features Edith
Dekyndt (French Community of Belgium), Leif
Elggren (Sweden), Raymond Gervais
(Québec), Mika Taanila (Finland), and
Mika Vainio (Finland/Germany), with works in
installation, sound, and video projection.
The central focus of this exhibition is the transmission and
circulation of images and sounds. The presence of these elements
is at times very physical and material, other times more ephemeral
and imaginary. The project as a whole reflects on the trace
or traces that are left with us through certain encounters with
a sound or an image.
The exhibition will be preceded by a concert featuring four
artists – including two from the exhibition – who
are internationally renowned for their exceptional contribution
to electronic music as well as their groundbreaking performance
work. Please consult the EVENTS section for details.
A bilingual PUBLICATION will be launched during
the course of the exhibition. Edited by Nicole Gingras, this
book is an essential companion to the exhibition project. Along
with an essay by the curator are contributions by three authors:
Rober Racine (Montreal artist and writer), Jonathan Sterne (theorist
and professor in the Department of Art History and Communications
at McGill University), and Péter Sülyi (filmmaker,
Hungary). Based on their interests and expertise, each collaborator
will contribute to our understanding of the concept of trace.
The project received the support of the Canada Council for the
Arts and the Iris Westerberg Stern Fund. Edith Dekyndt's visit
to Montreal was made possible by the Commissariat général
aux Relations internationales de la Communauté française
de Belgique and the Délégation Wallonie-Bruxelles
au Québec while the visit of Leif Elggren and Carl Michael
von Hausswolff received the support of the Embassy of Sweden.
The concert is co-produced by the Leonard & Bina Ellen Art
Gallery and Minute.
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Edith
Dekyndt, Discreet Piece (dust in a beam of light),
1997, video projection (installation detail).
Mika
Taanila, Fysikaalinen rengas (A Physical Ring),
video still, 2002.
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