Interactive Work Exhibited/Show Opening
The Art Collective's new show at the VAV Gallery in downtown Montreal opened with a bang Tuesday Nov. 8, 2005. An exciting large-scale interactive piece (see our Photos section) was produced that evening, including the participation of more than 20 artists using high-quality materials on a two-metre long sheet of stonehenge paper. The work is exhibited in the lobby of the Concordia University's Visual Arts Building until Nov. 18, 2005.
Come and work with the Collective at its regular art collaboration sessions which will take place at the VAV Gallery on Friday Nov. 11 and Friday Nov. 18, 2005, from 10 a.m. until 1:30 p.m. The gallery is at the corner of Rene-Levesque Blvd. and Crescent St. in downtown Montreal.
You can also see The Collective's exhibition and put up a drawing on the group's Interactive Wall No. 6 at the VAV Gallery's Inter/activity show.
The Interactive Wall also was the site for collaborative art making during the opening on Nov. 8, when visitors worked with members of the collective to produce a large, intricate piece.
Collective members Stephanie Reynolds, Jarmila Kavena and Sonomi Tanaka focused on the Interactive Wall activity while members David King, Monica Eckert, Chan Tchen, Khadija C. Baker and Shawn Kuruneru focused on the Taking Apart Pop Culture piece. Also working on the Pop Culture piece were Collective webmaster Robert Turenne and members Joanna Nawracaj and Robert Winters, who was documenting the event as well. Painting and Drawing Association members also participated, including Nathalie Quagliotto, a second-year Studio Arts student who, and Corina Kennedy, one of this year's Art Matters co-producers.
The Pop Culture piece was done on a two-metre-long sheet of stonehenge paper, using materials of archival quality, including acrylic paint, acrylic ink, permanent ink graphic markers, watercolour paint and collage materials attached to the piece using acrylic gel and acid-free glue.
The interactive piece was co-sponsored by Concordia's Painting and Drawing Association and the VAV Gallery.
The piece is on display in the lobby of Concordia's Visual Arts Building from Nov. 8 to Nov. 18, 2005, along with three interactive pieces done in April 2003 on the final day of the Trans-species collective show at the Belgo Building, which was co-sponsored by The Gazette, which provided $3,400 in free advertising, and the VAV Gallery which provided materials for the Interactive Day. This collective was a forerunner of The Art Collective.
The Art Collective wishes to thank Paul Gregory of Concordia's art materials store for his support of its interactive projects.