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FOFA Exhibition – “Meet and Treat” Panel Discussion

Concurrent with the exhibition, there were several educational activities that the gallery organized. One was a public panel discussion between myself, Blake McKay (a local chef and food stylist) and Dr. Santoshi Ikeda (Research Chair, specializing in food politics). The evening discussion centered around the topic of sugar, food politics and ethical consumption and was held in the gallery, while the 3 of us casually made cupcakes for the audience to enjoy. The cupcakes were, of course, vegan and made with fair trade and organic ingredients!
Thanks to Jake Moore for moderating the evening and Emily Paige for organizing the event.

: Tag Team piping!

Posted by admin on October 6th, 2010 :: Filed under FOFA Gallery Exhibition (Montreal)

FOFA Gallery Exhibition, Concordia University (Montreal). July 12 – August 13, 2010

: Outside window, facing St. Catherine Street

: Detail photos from “Signature” series

: Installation view 1

: Installation view 2

: Installation detail

: Detail 1: hand made ceramic tiles

: Detail 2: ceramic tile impressed with slave ship diagram

: Detail 3: insitu sugar installation titled “Refined”

: Sugar teacup

: Sugar teapot sculpture

Posted by admin on October 6th, 2010 :: Filed under FOFA Gallery Exhibition (Montreal)

A good month for press!

Check out these 2 on-line articles about my work, released in the last week:

“Refine Arts” is about my exhibition at the FOFA Gallery, in the Concordia University paper, NOW, written by Karen Herland

“How Sweet it is” on the PBS ART:21 website, is about my general art practice, written by Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin.

Posted by admin on September 16th, 2010 :: Filed under Cargo (Montreal),FOFA Gallery Exhibition (Montreal),The Wealth of Some and Ruin of Others (Brazil)
Tags :: Art 21, Darling Foundry, FOFA Gallery, Karen Herland, Mois de la photo, PSB: Art in the 21st Century, Stefan Zebrowski-Rubin

CARGO: Reconfigured

For my exhibition at the FOFA Gallery in Montreal (July 12 – August 13, 2010), I presented an interactive digital version of my sugar mural, Cargo. In this digital version, participants can simulate the erasure and process of degradation that the original mural underwent.

Cargo: Reconfigured. Installation with projection

With each rollover of the mouse, the images would fade, in 5 different stages. All of the images used were taken from actual documentation of the sugar mural’s demise. There is also the option to move “tiles” around, changing the composition, or completely removing “tiles”, dragging them out of the frame. In the gallery installation, participants could also print out their own composition, and post it on the back wall, where a new mosaic of images was created over the course of the show.