The Natural & The Manufactured is a unique thematic project
jointly organized by the ODD Gallery and the Artist in Residence
Program at the Klondike Institute of Art & Culture based in
Dawson City, Yukon. Conceived as a speculative research and
presentation forum, the N&M looks to the myriad ways in which
we both influence and are influenced by our natural and constructed
environments.
Through a rich program of exhibitions, installations, actions,
lectures and essays, The Natural & The Manufactured endeavours
to engage both artists and audiences in a re-examination of the
cultural, physical and economic values imposed on the environment.
This project seeks to explore alternative political, social and
aesthetic agendas and strategies towards a reinterpretation and new
understanding of our relationship to the environment and our social
infrastructure: the indelible ways in which our natural landscapes
influence, inspire and sustain us, and conversely the ways in which
our perceptions of - and actions upon- these landscapes directly
impact the environment itself.
The ODD Gallery gratefully acknowledges the support of Yukon School of Visual
Arts, Husky Bus, Parks Canada, Yukon Government Natural Resources, the gallery
and residence committee and our volunteers
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