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Julie Andreyev: Greenroom Greenroom is an interactive video installation by Julie Andreyev that was presented simultaneously at the Surrey Art Gallery's TechLab and at the Emily Carr Institute Media Gallery. Greenroom offered visitors the experience of telepresence the state of being in one location while appearing in real time, in another. At each identical venue, visitors were invited to enter a mock park environment, called a "parc" that showed live video streamed from a nearby natural park environment that visitors could change by interacting with a series of sensors. Visitors were able to be present and active in the two locations simultaneously through an exchange of live video imagery. This full colour publication includes an introduction by Curator, Liane Davison and an essay by guest writer, Petra Watson, that looks at Greenroom's representation of nature, immersive, real-time interactive environments and contextualizes the work to other precedents in contemporary art history. Booklet. Published in 2004 |
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Kate Armstrong: Catalogue CATALOGUE: Spring 2003: Nothingness is a net.art work by Kate Armstrong that uses description, image, email and javascript to interrogate some of the cultural and mechanical forms that operate in online shopping. The work is designed to exist on a parallel plane with commercial shopping sites and to offer a menu of small interventions that extend outward into the world. The theme of nothingness was chosen for the Spring catalogue in order to defamiliarize common structures found in online shops by substituting imaginary objects, states of being, and existential drama for regular items and marketing strategies. |
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M. Simon Levin: C.H.A.R.T. This site-specific work was created during the International year of Fresh Water. C.H.A.R.T. (Confluence Hub for Art Research and Technology) explores the significance of living in a region that is rich in natural resources, yet whose many rivers, creeks and waterways are endangered. C.H.A.R.T. addresses, collects and reframes the diverse perspectives that people of the Lower Mainland of BC have around the nation of "fresh water". This publication captures original interviews, video, and still imagery of this four month project as well as essays by guest writers Margot Butler and Carol Gigliotti. |
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Ground Station: Daniel Jolliffe + Jocelyn Robert This publication has an introduction by Curator Liane Davison, an essay by Finnish media theorist Tapio Mäkelä, a statement and biographies on artists Jocelyn Robert and Daniel Jolliffe, and an audio recording of the project Ground Station, as played by a Yamaha Disclavier Grand Piano. Ground Station is a new media artwork created by Canadian artists Daniel Jolliffe and Jocelyn Robert. Their work watches and responds to the movement of Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites (including their current azimuth, elevation, and signal strength.) As satellite data is received, the artwork inverts the traditional use of this information by processing and transforming it into musical notation. This unique, continuous musical composition is then played live, on an electronic Disclavier piano. CD ROM and Booklet. Published in 2003 |
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Art Among Our Shelves In October 2000, Surrey Art Gallery invited the Surrey Public Library to partner with them to present an outreach project of temporary exhibits and related public programs. These exhibits were envisioned as artist's projects placed as interventions in various libraries. The four projects traveled to the eight branches of the Surrey Public Library between September 2001 and June 2002. Subsequently the exhibition was presented at the Vancouver Public Library's Central Branch from September 27 through October 31, 2002. The four projects are: Reflections, by Sylvie Roussel-Janssens, a mixed media mobile formed from map representations of the Serpentine and Nicomekl Rivers; whispering volumes, by M. Simon Levin, a touch-activated artwork based upon a traditional library book cart; Spine, by Robin Ripley, an illuminated library bookcase faced with etched sheets of library microfiche; and The Well, by Valerie Durant, a book stack with audio-visual components that present sounds and images of nature. This CD documents the four artist projects, and includes images of the work in situ, video footage interviews with the artists and a short segment of the video from Durant's The Well. CD ROM. Published in 2001 |
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Connections: Celebrating community and contemporary art ISBN 0-920181-49-X This catalogue recognizes the Gallery's 25th anniversary. Four artists' projects were commissioned that involved community collaboration. The Sewing Room by Adad Hannah, What's In your Purse by LEAP artist's society, Y2Kare.org by Celine Rich, and When I grow Up by Leah Decter. These projects, as well as community art practice and collaborative art making are explored in essays by Robin Laurence and Amir Ali Alibhai. Additional texts include essays by Gallery staff, Liane Davison and Ingrid Kolt, on the Gallery's history and work with the Surrey community. Black and White photographs. Published in 2001 |
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Second Nature: Autobiographies in New Media by Nancy Paterson ISBN 0-920181-50-3 The history of Nancy Paterson's interactive and new media sculptures and installations are surveyed in this comprehensive catalogue. Commissioned essays by Dr. Randy Lee Cutler and Dr. Carol Gigliotti contextualize the work of this pioneering Canadian new media artist, within international art discourse. Curator Liane Davison's introduction provides a biographical overview of the artist. Included are three of Paterson's essays: Larry, Curly and PoMo, CyberFeminism, and Art does not equal Technology. Photographs and artist's texts document twelve major works by Paterson. Colour and black and white photographs. Published in 2001. |
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When I Grow UP& ISBN 0-920181-52-X SAG 2001 We've all heard children describe what they plan to be when they grow up. Artist Leah Decter collaborated with the teachers and students of K.B. Woodward Elementary in Surrey to create "When I Grow Up..." a project that presents a child's eye view of the future. Using standard elementary school supplies, over five hundred students from Kindergarten to Grade 7 created images and text "pages" expressing their ideas of the future. Each class chose a topic, and the pages were bound together and made into class books. Topics include fashion, jobs, the environment, family, and entertainment. The finished books were presented in an exhibition at the Surrey Art Gallery, June 4 - October 1, 2000 as part of the Gallery's 25th anniversary celebrations. This CD documents the creation of the project, and includes images of all the pages as well as video footage of the classroom sessions, the exhibition's opening celebration and the final exhibition. Interactive CD ROM |
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Digital Identity: Transforming Communities, Reinventing Ourselves ISBN 0-920181-48-1 Catalogue of the Gallery's first exhibition exclusively featuring digital media and exploring the themes of identity and community. Artworks included web sites, CD-ROM, digital video and interactive installations by Susan Harman, bryan mulvihill, Ruth Scheuing, Christine Stewart, Carla J. Wolf, Thecla Schiphorst, Andrew Power, Tagny Duff, Leila Sujir and Laiwan. Includes photo-documentation of all artworks, descriptions, artist's statements and brief biographies, an introduction by Elizabeth Kidd and an essay by Liane Davison. Catalogue - 32 pages, 21 b/w illustration. Published in 2000. |
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