Week 4

1. Discuss proposals for Parents Video Art

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1. Critique fully documented Text Multiples! Put all documentation – images , title and a clear description of the work on your blog page.

Video Recording demo with Nathan

VISITING ARTIST TALK!

The School of Fine Art and Music is pleased to present the Winter 2022 Visiting Artists and Speakers Series. Our next event featuring visual artists Abbas Akhavan will take place on February 7, 6:00 – 7:00 pm EST. 

Zoom link: https://zoom.us/j/97176335957 

Topic: Abbas Akhavan: Artist Talk 

Time: Feb 7, 2022 05:45 PM America/Toronto 

Meeting ID: 971 7633 5957 

Abbas Akhavan’s practice ranges from site-specific ephemeral installations to drawing, video, sculpture and performance. The direction of his research has been deeply influenced by the specificity of the sites where he works: the architectures that house them, the economies that surround them, and the people that frequent them. The domestic sphere, as a forked space between hospitality and hostility, has been an ongoing area of research in his practice. More recent works have shifted focus, wandering onto spaces and species just outside the home – the garden, the backyard, and other domesticated landscapes. 

Akhavan’s recent solo exhibitions include Chisenhale Gallery, London (2021), Fogo Island Arts, Fogo Island (2019), and The Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco (2019). Group exhibitions include Liverpool Biennial, Liverpool (2018), SALT Galata, Istanbul (2017), and Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (2016). Akhavan was recently the artist in residence at Atelier Calder, Saché (2017), Fogo Island Arts (2013, 2016, 2019), and Flora: ars+natura, Bogota (2015). He is the recipient of Kunstpreis Berlin (2012), The Abraaj Group Art Prize (2014), and the Sobey Art Award (2015). 

You can find more information about Akhavan at the following link:    

https://catrionajeffries.com/artists/abbas-akhavan/works

Zoom links for forthcoming events will be distributed via. email and made available on Instagram @guelphmfa 

We acknowledge, with respect, that the University of Guelph is situated on the treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit and on the ancestral lands of the Attawandaron people. Their historical relationships with the land continue to this day.