W-E-Z-Y

LEX VAUGHN (Toronto, ON)

////January 11th to February 19th, 2010
opening recpetion & performance: Jan. 15th - 7pm

Lex Vaughn’s character Peanut Brittle is the amalgamation of every old man ambling down the street with a sense of style, the ones Vaughn refers to fondly as 'geriatric dandies'. W-E-Z-Y are the call letters of the ham radio station Peanut broadcasts from his one room apartment, sharing forgotten songs and stories of rubbing elbows with celebrities from a bygone era. For the performance, Peanut invites visitors in for a chat and a look around his apartment/radio-station/installation. Recordings from earlier broadcasts will play in the installation for the duration of the exhibition.
Lex Vaughn - http://lexvaughn.com
Watch Lex's Jan 14th interview on CBC Radio
CANADIAN ARTS interview with Gabby Moser

TOWARDS A NEW SUBLIME

SHELLY RAHME (Toronto, ON)

////March 5th to April 16th, 2010
opening reception: March 5th - 7pm

Rahme’s sculptural installations utilize materials from the built environment to reference the sublime in nature. Using the flatness of industrial materials such as glass, asphalt and drywall, Rahme creates works whose materiality contrasts with the organic forms that appear to be the result of geological forces. The resulting forms communicate a sense of drama and movement, albeit at a glacial or tectonic pace, that invokes the overwhelming experience of grandeur in nature referred to historically as the sublime. In recent years, our species’ fragile and reciprocal relationship with the natural world has played an increasingly wider role in collective awareness. Rahme’s work highlights the false dichotomy inherent to the antiquated distinction between the human and the natural.

UNSLUMBER SOUNDCAMP

holophon.ca – Erin Gee, Eric Powell, Charlie Fox (Regina, SK) + guests

Carrie Gates (Saskatoon, SK) guest curator

////April 2nd to April 3rd, 2010
performance: April 3rd

Regina based audio artist collective holophon.ca will engage several local sound artists as collaborators in conducting a 24-hour continuous audio experiment culminating in a live performance. AKA’s Event Space will be used as a sonic laboratory for an investigatory process/performance incorporating elements of endurance, improvisation and the spectacular. The live concert component planned for the 24th hour will be open to the public to present the results. AKA’s presentation of Unslumber Soundcamp is part of a series of curated audio presentation events developed by holophon.ca...MORE.

GIVE UP THE GHOST

AMY LOCKHART (Montreal, QC)

////April 23rd to June 4th, 2010
opening reception: April 23rd - 7pm
workshop: April 24th

Amy Lockhart’s work embraces processes, materials and aesthetics usually associated with low culture (read popular culture). Give Up The Ghost will consist of a series of acrylic paintings, paper sculptures and a small cardboard installation which houses the animation “The Collagist” created in collaboration with artist Marc Bell. The installation consists of a simplified version of an artist’s studio made entirely of cardboard with the 2-minute animation loop projected onto a table-top inside.

Amy Lockhart's Blog

GEARHEADS

STEVEN LAURIE (Toronto, ON)
RAY LODOEN (Saskatoon, SK)

////June 11 to July 30, 2010
artist talk & performance: June 11 - 7pm
2nd performance & workshop June 12

GALLERY CLOSED

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