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EVENTS
Curator ’ s Talk : Can we ever know “* the secret internal stirrings of animals ?” or are they inherently unknowable ? What does it mean to meet a creature ’ s eyes ? With differences in communication ability , perception , eyesight , biological priorities , and appropriate responses , how can we be sure of what ’ s really going on when we chance upon a wild citizen ? Curator Marlaina Buch ’ s talk invites participants to toss around ideas about animal encounters and what they can tell us about ourselves . Thursday , August 17th at 6:30pm in the KIAC Ballroom
Tall Tales for Campfires : The Natural & the Manufactured residency artists Lisa Hirmer and Leila Armstrong will be telling tall tales around the campfire at the First Avenue fire pit ( at the foot of Princess Street ) on Thursday , August 17 , starting at 10 pm . Get ready to hear some stories loosely based on local animal encounters and perhaps share some of your own yarns . ( Weather permitting . Please feel free to bring your own lawn chairs or blankets for seating .)
Artist Talks & Panel Discussion : The Natural & the Manufactured residency artists Lisa Hirmer and Leila Armstrong will present artist talks followed by a panel discussion with exhibition curator Marlaina Buch on Saturday , August 19 , beginning at 7 pm in the KIAC Ballroom . Each artist will give a brief overview of their practice leading up to Tales for Short Nights and Warm Planets , and their work in the exhibition , on display in the ODD Gallery until September 23 , 2017
* The Animal That Therefore I Am , Jaques Derrida , 2006 .
BIOGRAPHIES
Lisa Hirmer an interdisciplinary artist whose work spans social practice , visual media , performance , community collaboration and experimental forms of publishing . Working under the pseudonym DodoLab , she explores the complicated nature of public opinion and the public life of ideas . In her photo- based work she studies the forces that transform ecological systems and human relationships with the more-thanhuman world . She has shown her work across Canada and internationally including at Confederation Centre of the Arts , Harbourfront Centre , Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery , University of Lethbridge Art Gallery , Doris McCarthy Gallery , Peninsula Arts ( U . K .),
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