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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2003-01-08, Page 23THE CITIZEN, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8, 2003. PAGE 23. Entertainment fa Leisure Gallery Stratford begins new year of shows Two new exhibitions and a suite of prints from the permanent collection started the New Year at Gallery Stratford Sunday, Jan. 5. Swiss-born, Toronto artist Therese Bolliger continues the gallery’s ongoing annual series Contemporary Canadian Drawing with part four: Diagnosis: A Work in Progress. Working on paper with ink, Bolliger looks at the construction of identity through an exploration of the body. Juxtaposing images and words in a grid-like installation the artist wants the viewer to ponder how fragile and vulnerable the body can be. The inte­ rior body has become increasingly demystified through new technolo­ gies and these point to a new and potentially unresolved understand­ ing of the relationship between the mind and the body. Western culture has generally sep­ arated the two, however, Bolliger expresses “a desire to see the rela­ tionship between mind and body not as two disparate and discontinuous entities, but as two parts enfolding and informing each other.” Therese Bolliger is assistant pro­ fessor of art and art history in a joint program of Sheridan College and the University of Toronto. She has also been an instructor at the Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto and the University of Guelph. Drawings and installations of Therese Bolliger have been shown in galleries in Ontario in Toronto, London, Kingston, Hamilton and Oakville. Nationally her work has been exhibited in Lethbridge, Cornerbrook, Vancouver, Kamloops and Halifax, among others. Therese Bolliger has been a featured artist internationally as well, showing in such centres as Basel, Switzerland; Madrid, Spain; Florence, Italy; Rochester, USA; and Brussels, Belgium. She has also been the recipient of many Canada Council grants and is widely collected in both public and private collections. Relic by Jennifer Angus investi­ gates some ideas very similar to Bolliger’s but in quite a different format. Using real bugs harvested and imported from Malaysia, Angus reproduces a pattern on the gallery walls, loosely based on the wallpa­ per patterns of William Morris and the Liberty companies of the mid-to- late 19th century. These companies created wall papers lush and abun­ dant with flora and fauna. Relic alludes to this mediated his­ toric expression of nature, however, creates a tension of repulsion and attraction through the three-dimen­ sional use of exotic insects and sound. The installation occupies a 12-by 12-foot room covering walls that are just over eight-feet high. The artist says, “The installation is a visual metaphor for our unseen world. We are surrounded, enveloped in the environment. A kind of giddy hysteria sets in.” Canadian-born Jennifer Angus lives and teaches in Madison, Wisconsin. She is assistant professor in the School of Human Ecology, University of Wisconsin. She received her Master of Fine Art from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her Bachelor of Fine Art from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in Halifax. Working out of an interest in tex­ tiles, Angus has exhibited widely throughout Ontario and the USA. She has received numerous grants and awards from granting agencies, foundations and through her partici­ pation in juried and invitational exhibitions. As a complement and bridge between the two exhibitions, a suite of prints from Gallery Stratford’s permanent collection by Vancouver artist, Torrie Groening entitled Studio Tests of the Senses will also be on exhibit. Six richly-coloured silkscreen prints present pseudo-sci­ entific and artistic examinations of the senses in the fotmat of experi­ ments set up in the artist’s studio. Romanticizing scientific investiga­ tion, they also point to the creative and subjective nature of trying to know the real world through the body’s senses. Admission to Gallery Stratford is Adults $5, Seniors and Students $4, children under 12 and Gallery Stratford Members are free. Gallery Stratford hours are Tuesday to Sunday, 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. January Snowmobiling Environment Month During January, the Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs (OFSC) invites snowmobilers to help keep nature beautiful by partic­ ipating in National Snowmobiling Environment Month. This initiative, organized national­ ly by the Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations (CCSO), encourages snowmobilers to reaf­ firm that they care about the envi­ ronment by practising the following recommended behaviours: • leave tracks, not trash • maintain your sled • protect wildlife • leave your sled unmodified • stay on the trail • respect sensitive areas • embrace new technologies “Snowmobilers are family people who have a good news story to tell about their role as responsible stew­ ards over many years,” stated CCSO President Bob Walsh of New Brunswick. “As an off-road activity, snowmobiling relies on keeping nature beautiful for both our own enjoyment of winter and as the foun­ dation for the over $3 billion of annual business that snowmobiling brings to snowbelt communities throughout rural Canada.” Snowmobiles account for less than one per cent of all the motor fuel burned annually in this country. New technologies, such as four- stroke engines and semi-direct injec­ tion, are continually improving this quintessentially Canadian recre­ ational activity. Through a new partnership with Join the Alzheimer Society at the Lyceum Theatre 284 Josephine St., Wingham January 13 at 8 pm or January 14 at 1 pm to view the movie “IRIS” Admission is $5.00 Call 482-1482. or 1-800'561-5012 for information Scoutrees For Canada, snowmobil­ ers are also committed to expanding existing free planting programs, which continue to reclaim thousands of acres of waste and eroded lands and to provide wildlife with neces­ sary food and shelter. Most snowmobiling in Canada occurs on 135,000 kilometres of organized trails. The majority of these corridors are seasonal, put in place temporarily each winter by local snowmobile clubs with a pri­ mary objective of accommodating and harmonizing with the natural surroundings. After two or three short months of use, these trails often revert to their natural state for the balance of the year. During the winter, these snow­ mobile trails generally define traffic patterns for snowmobilers, encour­ aging most sleds to stay on groomed travel-ways and ensuring that their presence in any one location is brief and non-intrusive. They also provide hard-packed, energy-saving routes for winter wildlife in search of forage and shel­ ter. “The entire surface area of Canada’s snowmobile trails is about the same as that of one small city,” noted Walsh. “Given our very limit­ ed area of operation, the short dura­ tion of our riding season, and the fact that much of nature is habitual­ ly dormant in winter, studies show that the environmental impact of organized snowmobiling is minimal, and National Snowmobiling Environment Month serves as one more way to keep it that way.” The Ontario Federation of Snowmobile Clubs is dedicated to providing strong leadership and sup­ port to member clubs and volunteers to establish and maintain quality snowmobile trails which are used in a safe and environmentally responsi­ ble manner to further the enjoyment of organized snowmobiling. The Canadian Council of Snowmobile Organizations is dedi­ cated to providing leadership and support to organized snowmobiling in Canada. 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