The Pacific

The Pacific

Libby Leshgold Gallery at Emily Carr University of Art + Design

Taloi Havini, Habitat: Konawiru (still), 2016. Video. Courtesy of the artist.

October 14, 2017
The Pacific
October 21, 2017–January 14, 2018
Opening: October 20, 7pm
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Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan, Taloi Havini, Charles Lim, Genevieve Robertson, Jane Chang Mi, Khvay Samnang, Simryn Gill, Michael Drebert, Paula Schaafhausen, Kalisolaite ‘Uhila, Evan Lee, Beau Dick

The Pacific, the inaugural exhibition at the Libby Leshgold Gallery, brings together artists from countries in and around the Pacific Ocean.

The exhibition considers the Pacific Ocean as a shared and connected space. It explores the idea that although the Pacific is an immense body of water there is a strong sense that it is a space of connection between peoples that live beside or are surrounded by it—that it brings people together rather than separates them. In contrast, much of the narrative around the Atlantic Ocean has historically perceived it as a space of distancing and division.

In thinking about the Pacific Ocean as a shared space we can consider the histories and contemporary concerns as linked while also being specific to each place. The show will include works that address environmental issues such as rising sea levels, nuclear contamination, the impact of industry and the built environment on the ocean. It will also consider human migration and the experiences of migrants. Finally it will touch upon our deep personal and spiritual bonds to the waters of the Pacific.

Some of the work in the exhibition include excerpts from Charles Lim’s Sea State, which was shown at the 56th Venice Biennale at the Singapore Pavilion, Paula Schaafhausen’s Ebbing Tagaloa, an installation made of sand and coconut oil, and Khvay Samnang’s Air, a video made in the Fukushima Prefecture shortly after the nuclear disaster occurred. Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan will be making a large site-specific installation in the gallery in the weeks leading up to the opening.

Curated by Cate Rimmer, The Pacific extends the research begun in the multi-part exhibition The Voyage, or Three Years at Sea. It will include the work of Isabel and Alfredo Aquilizan (Philippines), Taloi Havini (Papua New Guinea), Charles Lim (Singapore), Genevieve Robertson (Canada), Jane Chang Mi (Hawaii), Khvay Samnang (Cambodia), Simryn Gill (Malaysia/Australia), Michael Drebert (Canada), Paula Schaafhausen (Samoa), Kalisolaite ‘Uhila (Tonga/New Zealand), Evan Lee (Canada), Beau Dick (Canada). There will be a series of talks and events scheduled around the opening and during the run of the exhibition that will include artists, migrant communities, social historians and scientists.

 

For further information please contact the Libby Leshgold Gallery (formerly the Charles H. Scott Gallery)

Libby Leshgold Gallery
Emily Carr University of Art + Design
520 East 1st Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5T 0H2
libby [​at​] ecuad.ca
libby.ecuad.ca

 

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