Public Art: The Pavilion
September 25 2009 - April 2009
by Artist in Residence Holly Ward
Opening: January 2010
Langara College
100 West 49th Ave, Vancouver
The Pavilion
The Langara College Centre for Art in Public Spaces presents The Pavilion, a project by Artist in Residence Holly Ward.
The Pavilion is an artist project wherein a geodesic dome is built to function as a project space until April 2009. It will be built as an experimental collaboration with Ward, Langara College students and community volunteers.The dome will began its construction phase on Saturday, September 26, and was completed in approximately 2 weeks..
The geodesic dome, a form originally designed in the 1930s by engineer Buckminster Fuller, represents an alternative architectural framework (one in which there are no right angles) has been used in large scale projects including the Montreal Expo in 1967.
Symbolic of difference and utopian thinking, the geodesic dome form became a symbol of the back-to the landers of the late 1960s and has a specific connection to mid-century west coast artistic practice and a Do-It-Yourself culture. By placing a dome on the Langara College campus, students and the larger artistic community will have a chance to explore the remnants of utopian thinking and artistic experimentation.
Events
From January through April 2010, The Pavilion will serve as a space for a variety of projects, including readings, exhibits, and performances. Please check back for updates.
About the Artist
Ward received her Masters of Fine Arts from the University of Guelph in 2006 after completing her undergraduate degrees in both Fine Arts and English at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and the University of New Brunswick. Her work has been in a number of recent exhibitions including How Soon is Now, Vancouver Art Gallery; Radical Rupture, Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, UBC; and Vancouver and Voice Overhead, Insa Art Space, Seoul, South Korea. Her most recent exhibition is at Republic Gallery in Vancouver until October 8, 2009.
Learn more about the Langara College Centre for Art in Public Spaces and upcoming speaker series and events: www.langara.bc.ca/public-art
Ken Pawlak, Program Facilitator
kpawlak@langara.bc.ca