Feb 10, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair
Change in many forms, is often difficult; not gradual evolutionary change, but rather hard-edged, instantaneous change. History is comforting even if it is built on quicksand; I lean on art historical knowledge embodied through personal experience, as it is a...
Feb 3, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair
I recently had the opportunity to sit in at a version of a “long table” discussion about generosity and art. The idea of the long table has been brought into a contemporary art context by the theater artist Lois Weaver, who based her version on Marleen Gorris’ film...
Jan 27, 2020 | Essay, From the Chair
The landscape is now quiet, deep into winter, and I find myself staring at the sky, at the landscape and the wall, at nothing… The ocular equivalent of opening the shutter on a camera for an indefinite period of time and letting all the light in, much like the work of...
Dec 2, 2019 | Essay, From the Chair
I’ve been thinking a lot about what it means to be an ally in the arts and beyond, and how to do so generously and with an open heart. Advocating for those other than oneself inherently means that an opportunity for visibility may confer to the one we advocate for,...
Nov 25, 2019 | Essay, From the Chair
I was in Montreal for a few days participating in a forum on media and movement. On the plane both there and back, I had some time to catch up on reading and reflect on the way in which philosophy and theory interact with art. As philosophy and theory become practice...
Nov 18, 2019 | Essay, From the Chair
Walking in nature and walking in through a museum offer similar experiences; perambulating through the landscapes of both, chaos becomes order and becomes chaos again given our constantly changing point of view. While nature abides by its own rules of deterioration...
