Did you miss out on Velibor Božović’s tour of Le Grand Balcon? Don’t worry! You can still catch Cluster member François Morelli’s tour of the 2016 Montreal Biennial at the MAC. This Thursday December 8th @ 6pm. For more info visit La Biennale de Montréal 2016 website’s or the Facebook event.
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Post Image Cluster members, Jessica Auer and Andreas Rutkauskas present: Out of Office at Yukon Arts Centre Gallery
December 8th 2016 to February 25th, 2017
Opening reception: December 8th at 5pm (Jessica will be in attendance)
300 College Drive, Whitehorse, Yukon
“Created during the Chilkoot Trail Artist Residency, works from Out of Office deal with the social and cultural climate of a present-day wilderness experience. In 2014, we hiked and camped along the Chilkoot trail for fourteen days, from Dyea, Alaska to Bennett, British Columbia, making portraits of other backpackers with a 4×5” view camera. Originally used as a Tlingit First Nation trade route, the Chilkoot Trail saw major traffic and development during the 1898 Klondike Gold Rush. Despite its relatively remote location and the technical challenges of 19th Century photographic technology, this significant world event was well documented. While referring to this photographic archive, our images speak directly to the experience of life on the trail. Like the photographs of the Stampeders who travelled this route during the Klondike Gold Rush, these backpacker portraits provide an anthropological perspective; yet also speak to the role of the participant-observer, in this case, the artists in residence. The exhibition Out of Office also includes video and sound works that reveal the operational logistics of backpacking and working in a wilderness setting.”
