Detritus Ecologies

April 16 – May 21, 2010

Politics of Trade and Trash - Troy Ouellette

Opening date
Friday, April 16 at 7:00pm

Artist talk
Friday, April 16 – 7:30 pm

The artists in Detritus Ecologies Griffith Baker, Twyla Exner, Mae Leong and Troy Ouellette take waste, the occurrence of our excess and turn this into artistic statements, thought provocative projects that raise awareness to the tragic amount of stuff our lifestyle(s) generate.  The works in this exhibition reach beyond any form of didactic that may be mistaken for guilt inducing messages. Rather they are subtle processes that utilize the creative process of contemporary practice and dialogue to grapple with a subject that will affect our culture, its means of production, sustainability and stability.  Archeologists will attest that humans have always been creating waste, but never to such as degree and with such widening consequences.

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Meditations on Memory — A Metaphysical Dance

January 9 – March 26, 2010

Ottawa International Airport, Alcove Gallery

"This suite of paper works are a collection of visual travelogues, personal meditations on memory, and metaphysical abstractions sourced from my life long journey through the milieux of art and dance."

Barry Ace (Odawa)

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muku and the box

Website Project

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Shie Kasai's artistic practice involves the creation of site-specific installations and animation to explore time and space. Kasai's projects feature muku, a dog expressing an exploratory nature. muku activates the backgrounds and spaces as she wonders through them. As a thematic character, an automatic empathy and connection is quickly achieved, particularly as muku exhibits a cleverness in her actions.

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