Instant Places is in the Building!

Artists  Laura Kavanaugh and Ian Birse aka Instant Places have arrived for their 10 day residency at the gallery. From January 8 - 18,  the duo will be creating audiovisual 'snapshots' throughout the new building- gallery rooms, stairwells, boiler room, freight elevator, etc. activating multiple building surfaces with image and sound transformations. 

Snapshots of previous works by Instant Places from their website  http://instantplaces.ca/

The artists create intermedia artworks on location using software instruments they design. In their practise they combine independent activity that is local and micro-scale with internet collaboration and broadcast events. Laura and Ian have been creating performances and installations as a team since 1997. In their work the artists focus on the moment of creation, combining improvised actions with sound and image sequences generated in real time. 

 Instant Places equipment and video installation located in the gallery's lecture theatre

Stay tuned for regular posts throughout the duo's residency, tracking their activities, projects and sound transformations . We will also be posting links to their live streaming broadcasts. Stop by the gallery during regular public hours to catch Instant Places live in action. 


Instant Places Schedule of Events:

January 10: Art & Ideas - Artist talk and Demonstration. 

In the talk the duo will explore their intermedia artworks, past projects, and relationship with communities. They will also demonstrate an audiovisual creation made with the software instruments they have designed. To register for the talk CLICK HERE

January 17: Art's Birthday Broadcasting Event

The JNAAG and Instant Places will be taking part in Art's Birthday Event with a live broadcast from the gallery on January 17, from 6:00 pm to 12:00 am. The duo will be joined by local sound artists where they will be activating multiple gallery surfacing with image and sounds transformations, that will be broadcast live around the world. Visit http://www.instantplaces.ca/artsbirthday/12/01.html to catch their live broadcast.

Art's Birthday was proposed in 1963 by French artist Robert Filliou to celebrate the presence of art in our lives. It has since been celebrated on January 17 as an annual exchange-art event by a collection of artists and artist organizations around the world. To learn more about the 1,000,050th Anniversary of Art, visit http://www.artsbirthday.net/.

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