Event Info
The Garden of Earthly Delights
Immersive exhibition using video, light, sculpture, and living gardens
12-5pm
Free
Opening: Saturday 30th October 2021
Open House (with the artist present!), from 3-7pm on Saturday, October 30.
The use of masks is required and we are limiting capacity to 25 people in the space at a time.
Event Description
Open Space presents The Garden of Earthly Delights, the first exhibition of works by Montreal-based artist Juan Ortiz-Apuy on the west coast. Using video, light, sculpture, and living gardens, his works create a rhizomatic exploration of commodity fetishism, exploitation, and the tensions between the natural and artificial. Born in Costa Rica, Ortiz-Apuy’s brightly coloured, plasticized aesthetics are influenced by the commodification of the tropical rainforest he grew up so close to. In our current context of globalization and environmental precarity, The Garden of Earthly Delights immerses its viewer into an uncanny space of unboxing videos and animated household objects, while asking how we might create a more sustainable future.
Co-curated by Dani Neira and Toby Lawrence.
Venue
510 Fort Street
Multi-Purpose / Hall
Capacity220
Open / Operational
In-Person Event
Sat. October 30th 2021 - Sat. January 22nd 2022 + Add to Calendar
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