Marjetica Potrc: The Making of New territories and Communities installation at Audain Gallery, 2010. Photo: Kevin Schmidt.
Marjetica Potrc: The Making of New Territories and Communities
October 7 – December 18, 2010
Audain Gallery
The Audain Visual Artist in Residence Program will commence in fall 2010 with an exhibition of works by the Slovenian artist and architect Marjetica Potrc.
The Audain Visual Artist in Residence will work closely with Visual Art students in the School for the Contemporary Arts at SFU and the community in Vancouver. A schedule for a series of workshops hosted by the artist, as well as a public artist talk, will be released in September 2010.
Marjetica Potrc is best known for her on-site projects using participatory design, her drawing series and her architectural case studies. Her work focuses on new forms of social practices within urban changes, the issue of citizenship and community-based environmental projects. Potrc’s work has been featured in exhibitions throughout Europe and the Americas, including the São Paulo Biennial in Brazil (1996 and 2006) and the Venice Biennial (1993, 2003 and 2009). She has had solo shows at the Guggenheim Museum in New York (2001), the Max Protetch Gallery in New York (2002 and 2005), and the Nordenhake Gallery in Berlin (2003 and 2007). Potrc has taught at numerous institutions in Europe and North America, including MIT (2005). In 2000, she received the prestigious Hugo Boss prize and was awarded a fellowship at the Vera List Center for Arts and Politics at The New School in New York (2007).
Curated by Sabine Bitter.
Events
Opening Reception
Wednesday, October 6, 8pm
Artist Talk
Wednesday, October 6, 6pm
From the Streets
Guided walks in Vancouver with Am Johal, Michael Barnholden and Annabel Vaughan.
Friday, October 8, 10am
New Territorializations
Panel Discussion with Marjetica Potrc., Nicholas Blomley, Geraldine Pratt and geography and visual art students.
Friday, October 15, 2pm
Screening: Comuna Under Construction (2010)
By Dario Azzellini and Oliver Ressler.
Tuesday, October 19, 6pm
Tirana, Bogota, Medellin: Designs for a New Citizenship
Screening of Anri Sala’s Dammi I Colori (2003) and a talk by Marjetica Potrc about her projects in Tirana, Bogota and Medellin.
Tuesday, October 26, 2:30pm
Exhibition Tours
Wednesday, November 3: With Denise Oleksijczuk for SFU Arts & Culture students.
Thursday, November 4: For Kwantlen University’s Professional Practices Class.
Tuesday, November 9: For SFU faculty and staff.
Wednesday, November 17: For councilors from various local high schools.
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