Kathy Slade

For over three decades, Kathy Slade has produced conceptually driven work that engages techniques of copying, repetition and reenactment, often coalescing in materially sumptuous objects. In her wide-ranging interdisciplinary practice, Slade inhabits sources from literature, art history, philosophy, and popular culture, weaving her references into absurd and frequently playful loops and voids.
 
At the Contemporary Art Gallery, Slade presents *As the sun disappears and the shadows descend from the mountaintop*, a new body of work rooted in a research trip to Sils Maria, Switzerland, where Friedrich Nietzsche spent the majority of his summers during the decade he wrote his most enduring works. There, Slade retraced the philosopher’s steps along the shore of Lake Silvaplana, where upon encountering a large, pyramid-shaped rock he arrived at what he called “my truly abyssal thought”: eternal recurrence, “the unconditional and infinitely repeated circulation of all things.” In the exhibition, Slade reimagines Nietzsche’s encounter in two depictions: an enormous tapestry representing the rock to scale, and a series of graphite rubbings that maps the entirety of the rock’s surface over twenty monochromes.

#### Biography
Kathy Slade (b. 1966, Montreal) is an artist, writer, curator, editor, and publisher. She works across mediums and has produced textile works, prints, sculpture, film, video, performance, music projects, and publications. Slade’s solo exhibitions include *Wherever You Go*, Monica Reyes Gallery, Vancouver (2020); *This is a Chord. This is Another.*, Surrey Art Gallery (2018); and *Blue Monday*, 4COSE, London (2017). Her work has recently been included in group exhibitions at Temple Bar Gallery + Studios, Dublin; Kunstverein Braunschweig; Fluc, Vienna; and the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver. In 2009, Slade was awarded the VIVA Award from the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation for the Visual Arts. She currently teaches at the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University.


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As the sun disappears and the shadows descend from the mountaintop

Christine Sun Kim

For more than ten years now, Christine Sun Kim has been engaged expansively with the ways sound is understood, experienced and valued. Upending the notion of the sonic as a solely auditory occurrence, the California-born, Berlin-based artist foregrounds sound’s visual, spatial and political properties across a variety of mediums including drawing, video, performance, and installation. Exploring and employing elements of American Sign Language (ASL) — the artist’s first language — alongside other visual communication systems such as musical notation, infographics and memes, the formal vocabulary of Kim’s work is a singular one, engaging with critical precision and deadpan humour the politics of language, listening and voice. 

Following her fall 2022 exhibition, *Oh Me Oh My*, two of Kim’s public-facing projects remain on view this season. On the facade of CAG, the artist presents *Echoes Sliding Down*, a work that builds on Kim’s engagement with the echo as a metaphor for Deaf/hearing communication, in which messages are bounced between parties and languages with inevitable reverberations, distortions and delays. At Yaletown-Roundhouse Station, Kim exhibits *Debt Debt Debt*, ten large-scale line drawings of hands, each referencing the ASL sign for “debt,” “owe” or “afford” to reflect on cycles of owing and borrowing, social, historical and financial alike.

*Christine Sun Kim: Debt Debt Debt* is presented in partnership with the Canada Line Public Art Program — InTransit BC.

### Biography
Christine Sun Kim (b. 1980, California) has exhibited and performed internationally, including at Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt; Whitney Museum, New York; the Art Institute of Chicago; the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art; De Appel Arts Center, Amsterdam; the Berlin Biennale; the Shanghai Biennale; and the Museum of Modern Art, New York, among many others. Kim was awarded an inaugural Disability Futures Fellowship by the Ford Foundation as well as an MIT Media Lab Fellowship and a TED Senior Fellowship. She lives and works in Berlin.



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Echoes Sliding Down & Debt Debt Debt

Vitória Monteiro

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Open Studio is a monthly program for young visitors and families inspired by contemporary art practices and CAG’s current exhibitions. In February, we invite you to join us for an art-making workshop led by artist and CAG’s Acting Curator of Learning and Engagement, Vitória Monteiro.

Inspired by CAG’s upcoming exhibition *Kathy Slade: As the sun disappears and the shadows descend from the mountaintop*, Vitória will guide participants in an art-making activity that will explore the technique of frottage; the process of transferring surface textures by rubbing over them with various art mediums. Carried out through a creative exploration of textures, the workshop will engage in the various ways we all think about, take part in, and make use of practices of ‘collecting’.

Vitória invites participants to bring textured items to the workshop. 

Many spaces have been reserved for neurodivergent participants.
 
### Accessibility
A portion of the workshop will take place outside and requires participants to make their way around city sidewalks and parks. Please contact us at [learning@cagvancouver.org](mailto:learning@cagvancouver.org) if you have any accessibility needs.

A note from the artist: This is a neurodivergent-friendly space! Please feel welcome to bring stim toys and headphones or anything else you use to regulate. I will do my best to make the space cozy and comfortable by minimizing overhead lighting, reducing noise and providing alternative seating options for those of us who like to switch it up and sit on the floor!

ASL interpretation is available on request. Requests can be accommodated up to 5 days in advance. Please contact [learning@cagvancouver.org](mailto:learning@cagvancouver.org) to book or for more information.

### RSVP
Registration for this event is free, but limited. RSVP to secure your place [here](https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/open-studio-sensations-of-deja-vu-with-vitoria-monteiro-tickets-506758306737).

### Biography
Vitória Monteiro is a Brazilian-Canadian artist who explores the intricacies of language abstraction and the reprocessing of information. Monteiro works in paper-making, sculpture and performance to navigate various sites that knowledge inhabits. Their work embodies themes of dislocation, translation, indexicality, and citation, and is rooted in reflections of being neurodivergent. Their recent and upcoming exhibitions include: *To Fold; To Fault*, CityScape Community ArtSpace (2023); *I have forgotten my umbrella*, Mónica Reyes Gallery (2022); *Just Out of Reach*, The Couch Space as part of Unit/Pitt’s Wrong Wave Festival (2022) and *Digital Interventions Part 2: Mediating Vessels*, Massy Art Gallery (2022).


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Sensations of Déjà Vu with Vitória Monteiro

Open Studio

Marianne Nicolson

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We are pleased to announce our latest installment of CAG Reads, a book club where artists invite us to read alongside them. Each month an artist proposes text for our collective reading pleasure, culminating in a virtual hangout where the artist leads a wide-ranging discussion grounded in their chosen reading material. This month, CAG Reads will be hosted by Marianne Nicolson. Marianne has chosen to read *Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-Up Call* (2015) by Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson and Arthur Manuel.

### Getting the texts
*Unsettling Canada: A National Wake-Up Call* is available to order from [Massy Books](https://storestock.massybooks.com/item/mynpmgPBvvL1VKVdC0q90g) and can also be found at the [Vancouver Public Library](https://vpl.bibliocommons.com/v2/search?query=Unsettling%20Canada%3A%20A%20National%20Wake-Up%20Call&searchType=smart).

### RSVP
Registration for this event is free, but limited. RSVP to secure your place [here](https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIvc-yupzwiE9y_6-0WFAD7mCBHArk5_K-5). 

Questions? Send us a note at cagreads@cagvancouver.org.

### Accessibility
This event will be live captioned (CART). For more information please contact [learning@cagvancouver.org](mailto:learning@cagvancouver.org).

ASL interpretation is available on request. Requests can be accommodated up to 5 days in advance. Please contact [learning@cagvancouver.org](mailto:learning@cagvancouver.org) to book or for more information.

### Biography
Marianne Nicolson is an artist activist of the Musgamakw Dzawada’enuxw First Nations. The Musgamakw Dzawada’enuxw Nations are part of the Kwakwaka’wakw (Kwak’wala speaking peoples) of the Pacific Northwest Coast. She is trained in both traditional Kwakwaka’wakw forms and culture and contemporary gallery and museum-based practice. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Emily Carr University of Art and Design (1996), a Master of Fine Arts (2000) from the University of Victoria, as well as a Master of Arts (2005) in Linguistics and Anthropology and a PhD (2013) in Linguistics and Anthropology with a focus on space as expressed in the Kwak’wala language. Nicolson works as a Kwakwaka’wakw cultural researcher and historian, as well as an advocate for Indigenous land rights. Her practice is multi-disciplinary encompassing photography, painting, carving, video, installation, monumental public art, writing and speaking. All her work is political in nature and seeks to uphold Kwakwaka’wakw traditional philosophy and worldview through contemporary mediums and technology. Exhibitions include the 17th Biennale of Sydney, Australia; The Vancouver Art Gallery, The National Museum of the American Indian in New York, Nuit Blanche in Toronto, Ontario, Museum Arnhem, Netherlands and many others. Major monumental public artworks are situated in Vancouver International Airport, the Canadian Embassy in Amman, Jordan and the Canadian Embassy in Paris, France.

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Marianne Nicolson presents Grand Chief Ronald M. Derrickson and Arthur Manuel

CAG Reads

Lorna Brown

One Saturday each month, CAG invites a guest host to lead walkthroughs of our current exhibitions, offering their insights and response to the works on view. In February, we welcome Lorna Brown to speak on the work of Kathy Slade. 

### Accessibility
ASL interpretation is available on request. Requests can be accommodated up to 5 days in advance. Please contact [learning@cagvancouver.org](mailto:learning@cagvancouver.org) to book or for more information.

### RSVP
No advance registration required.

### Biography
Lorna Brown is a Vancouver-based visual artist, curator, writer and editor. Brown is a founding member of Other Sights for Artists’ Projects, and is an ongoing member of the Other Sights Producer team. She was the Director/Curator of Artspeak Gallery from 1999 to 2004, an artist-run centre focusing on the relationship between visual art and writing. Between 2015 and 2022, she was Acting Director/Curator at the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery at the University of British Columbia, curating exhibition series such as *Beginning With the Seventies* that explored the relationship between art, archives and activism. Brown has exhibited her work internationally since 1984, and has taught at Simon Fraser University and Emily Carr University of Art and Design where she received an honorary doctorate of letters in 2015. Awards include the Vancouver Institute for the Visual Arts Award (1996) and the Canada Council Paris Studio Award (2000). Her work is in the collections of the Belkin, SFU Galleries, the National Gallery of Canada, the BC Arts Council, the Surrey Art Gallery and the Canada Council Art Bank.

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Lorna Brown on Kathy Slade

Saturday Session

Join CAG’s Assistant Curator Julia Lamare for a walkthrough of the current exhibitions.

### Accessibility
ASL interpretation is available on request. Requests can be accommodated up to 5 days in advance. Please contact [learning@cagvancouver.org](mailto:learning@cagvancouver.org) to book or for more information.

### RSVP
No advance registration required.

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Curatorial Tour

Brady Cranfield

One Saturday each month, CAG invites a guest host to lead walkthroughs of our current exhibitions, offering their insights and response to the works on view. In March, we welcome Brady Cranfield to speak on the work of Kathy Slade. 

### Accessibility
ASL interpretation is available on request. Requests can be accommodated up to 5 days in advance. Please contact [learning@cagvancouver.org](mailto:learning@cagvancouver.org) to book or for more information.

### RSVP
No advance registration required.

### Biography
Brady Cranfield is a Vancouver-based sound and visual artist, musician, and writer. He holds a MA in Communications and a MFA from Simon Fraser University. He is the founder and co-organizer (in collaboration with the artist Kathy Slade) of the ongoing public art project The Music Appreciation Society, and he has frequently collaborated with artist Jamie Hilder. He is currently also a member of the improv/electronic/jazz trio Alfred Jarry.

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Brady Cranfield on Kathy Slade

Join CAG’s Executive Director Matthew Hyland for a walkthrough of the current exhibitions.

### Accessibility
ASL interpretation is available on request. Requests can be accommodated up to 5 days in advance. Please contact [learning@cagvancouver.org](mailto:learning@cagvancouver.org) to book or for more information.

### RSVP
No advance registration required.

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with Matthew Hyland

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Contemporary Art Practices is a full scholarship three-week visual art intensive designed for artists ages 15–19 who are interested in immersing themselves in the world of contemporary art to advance their artistic skills and expand their creative thinking.

The intensive is a stimulating experience for teen artists committed to experimentation and dedicated to pushing the boundaries of their own art practice. In a dedicated studio environment, students will work with professional Vancouver artists, curators, and educators to explore a range of contemporary art practices and have access to specialized studios and facilities at Arts Umbrella’s Granville Island location as well as unique access to exhibitions and learning opportunities at the Contemporary Art Gallery.

Through a series of artist-led workshops, one-to-one mentorships, and self-directed projects students will be pushed to expand their creative and critical practice. They will engage in critiques with professional curators, group discussions on chosen themes and readings, and learn to develop their ideas to work with new materials and methods.

The program culminates with an exhibition of student work.

For more information and to apply, please click [here](https://www.artsumbrella.com/programs/art/scholarship-programs/visual-art-summer-intensive/). 

### Program dates
August 7 → 25, 2023 
Monday to Friday, 1 PM → 4 PM

### Application deadline
March 31 at 11:59 PM

### Acknowledgements
Generously supported by Tom Ferries and Lisa Pankratz and The Parachute Fund

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Visual Art Summer Intensive

Contemporary Art Practices

Silas Ng

One Saturday each month, CAG invites a guest host to lead walkthroughs of our current exhibitions, offering their insights and response to the works on view. In April, we welcome Silas Ng to speak on the work of Christine Sun Kim. 

### Accessibility
ASL interpretation is available on request. Requests can be accommodated up to 5 days in advance. Please contact [learning@cagvancouver.org](mailto:learning@cagvancouver.org) to book or for more information.

### RSVP
No advance registration required.

### Biography
Silas Ng is an emerging multi-disciplinary artist based on the unceded territories of Squamish, Musqueam, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. He holds his Bachelor of Fine Art in Photography from Emily Carr University. He is currently studying in the School of Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University for his Master of Fine Arts and Master of Arts in Contemporary Arts. His emerging research of deaf studies has focused on media and multisensory learning from the sense of sight and touch to reveal how audiovisual films shape his understanding of sound in immersive experience.

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Silas Ng on Christine Sun Kim

Join CAG’s Curator Godfre Leung for a walkthrough of the current exhibitions.

### Accessibility
ASL interpretation is available on request. Requests can be accommodated up to 5 days in advance. Please contact [learning@cagvancouver.org](mailto:learning@cagvancouver.org) to book or for more information.

### RSVP
No advance registration required.

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with Godfre Leung

Exhibitions

Talks & Events