Perfomance: 8:00pm, February 14, 2010
“Isomorphism – Convergence 2010” is a performative installation engaging two distinct but intersect paths that reflect urban navigation, spatial experience and state of being while exploring aspects of connection, disconnection, mobility (staying/leaving) and decision-making. The introspective walk concurrently functions as a mind-expanding exercise.
While we celebrate the spirit of sportsmanship during the Winter Olympic games within Vancouver, a large number of women remain missing. Were it not for the efforts of a few, their names might have been forgotten.
In articulating this dual urban consciousness within her evolving “Isomorphism” series, Judy Cheung creates an event-specific version that reflects the psyche of downtown Vancouver grid for which artists Peggy and Karen Ngan will conduct a symbolic tribute to the city’s missing women, as an performance event. Audiences and viewers are invited to participate in the proceedings. The process of interactivity serves as a mean to nurture confluent energy, channel logic and engender community fortitude.
Isomorphism is a series of navigation walks morphing into various themes. A recent performative event, “Isomorphism – the 9th Step” was conducted on a pastoral field in rural Thailand as part of artist-in residency program, in collaboration with Buddhist monks from a local temple.
BIOGRAPHY
Judy Cheung’s work involves the continuous experimentation and investigation of perceptual reality in the realm of social and urban movements. Installations she constructs are often interactive; rendered in a form that propels the audience into a journey. Cheung instigates situations and exchanges, inviting individuals and groups to participate in collaborative experiences while establishing their codes of social dynamic. She holds a BFA degree from University of Calgary and an MFA degree from Pratt Institute, New York. Exhibited across Canada and Asia, her on-going project, “Love is in the Air- SkyLink” (2000-present) was selected for the 9th Havana Biennial. Her new-media teleportation portal, “freeLink”, was staged at Surrey Art Gallery, Tech Lab, 2006.
Karen and Peggy Ngan are Vancouver based artists and members of Yac-Tac collective. The duo has been collaborating for over 8 years.
Also presenting REACT2010
The Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art is engaging artists and the global community in a creative cultural conversation about the values surrounding the Olympics. We invite you to join us for an entertaining and engaging experience showcasing photography, video, drawing, painting, poetry and other artistic expressions of the modern day Olympic Games which we hope will lead to an examination and appreciation of diverse cultural values.
Jennifer Pickering is the director of the Alternator Centre for Contemporary Art and will be joined by participating artists Judy Cheung, Brian Gotro and James Mazur.
React 2010 Media Links
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