Archive:OF OTHER FACESSeptember 18 – October 25, 2014

Victoria Fu, Self-Portrait in Sweden (still), 2005, Super 8mm film transferred to video

OF OTHER FACES

September 18 – October 25, 2014

TYPOLOGY is pleased to present OF OTHER FACES, a group exhibition featuring five artists whose works employ strategies of mirroring and doubling to investigate the paradoxical nature of our dualistic world. Through the representation or evocation of reflections, echoes, or iterations, the photographs, sounds, and videos of Andrea Cohen and Wiska Radkiewicz (Paris, New York), Victoria Fu (Los Angeles), Marta Ryczko (Toronto), and Manuel Saiz (Berlin) interrogate, express, or reveal hidden contradictions within contemporary social systems as they relate to dualities of self and Other.

Whether the Other is cast variously as the embodiment of nature, the irretrievable past, the imperfect, or the unknown, the works within the exhibition represent our uniquely human attempts to integrate with that uncanny object of our deepest fear and desire, the unknowable within ourselves. Of Other Faces is the first exhibition of work by international artists Victoria Fu and Manuel Saiz in Canada.

A full-colour exhibition catalogue with original curatorial essay and artist interviews will accompany the show, as will the third in our series of affordable limited edition prints. Exhibition-related events will include an artist talk and screening by Manuel Saiz, kid-friendly collage workshop by Marta Ryczko, and collaborative sound art intensive by Andrea Cohen and Wiska Radkiewicz. See below for event dates and more information.

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OF OTHER FACES
featuring Andrea Cohen and Wiska Radkiewicz, Victoria Fu, Marta Ryczko, and Manuel Saiz
September 18, 2014 — October 25, 2014

Public opening reception: Thursday, September 18th from 7–9 pm
Opening the same night will be Koffler Gallery’s fall exhibition, Pardes, featuring four Israeli sound and multimedia artists — enjoy double the art at Youngplace this evening!

TYPOLOGY Projects
No. 302, Artscape Youngplace, 180 Shaw Street, Toronto, ON M6J 2W5
See Google map of location

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About the Artists / Artworks

Multidisciplinary artists Andrea Cohen and Wiska Radkiewicz are co-directors of the SoundSon Project, an experimental web-based approach to audio sharing and collaborative composition. Their sound work, A deux voix, moments, investigates themes of memory through a seamless evocation of timelessness born of an entirely virtual process of making.

Victoria Fu is an artist and educator whose works have been exhibited internationally, most recently at the 2014 Whitney Biennial. Her elegiac video, Self-Portrait in Sweden, harnesses film’s moving image to present the viewer with a cinematic impossibility.

Marta Ryczko is a multidisciplinary artist and designer. Her paired photo series, titled Alien/Recognition, features transformed figures that elicit a potent mix of fascination and repulsion as archetypal expressions of humanity’s fear and desire for the Other.

Spanish artist, curator and writer Manuel Saiz has exhibited internationally at venues including the Whitechapel Gallery and ICA in London. His two-channel video installation, Parallel Universes Meet at Infinity, interrogates fraught relationships between nature and contemporary humankind even as it offers viewers a chance at communion.

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TYPOLOGY gratefully acknowledges curatorial and community support for this exhibition by

Vtape     Print
DunnHouse
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image: Victoria Fu, Self-Portrait in Sweden (still), 2005, Super 8mm film transferred to video

Events

Please join us for the following exhibiton-related events. Click below for more info.

Opening Reception and Edition Launch : Thursday, September 18, 2014 / 7–9 PM

Please join us for the opening of our fall exhibition, OF OTHER FACES | Doubled Visions and Parallel Spaces, featuring sound art, video installations, and photography by Andrea Cohen (Paris) and Wiska Radkiewicz (New York), Victoria Fu (Los Angeles), Marta Ryczko (Toronto), and Manuel Saiz (Berlin). Andrea Cohen, Wiska Radkiewicz, Marta Ryczko, and Manuel Saiz will attend; help us extend an extra warm welcome for our international guests!

We’ll be launching the third in our series of affordable limited edition prints produced in collaboration with exhibiting artists. A prototype of the exhibition catalogue with original curatorial essays and artist interviews will also be on view and available for pre-order at a 10% discount.

Refreshments will be served and all are welcome.

Reception date and time
Thursday, September 18, 2014 from 7–9 pm
Public exhibition opening to be held on the same night as Koffler Gallery’s opening reception for Pardes, featuring four Israeli media artists — enjoy double the art at Youngplace this evening!

Event location
TYPOLOGY Projects, 180 Shaw Street, No. 302, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON M6J 2W5
See Google map of location

We look forward to seeing you!

Artist Talk + Screening with Manuel Saiz : Saturday, September 20, 2014 / 1 PM

Manuel Saiz is a Spanish artist, curator, and writer who began his practice in the 1980s, working in painting, sculpture, photography, and installation. Since 1995 he has produced mainly video and media installations. Saiz has exhibited internationally at venues including the Whitechapel Gallery and ICA in London, the Intercommunication Center in Tokyo, the Sao Paolo Biennial, and Transmediale Berlin. Additionally he has curated projects for the Tate Modern and Hara Museum, Tokyo. Of Other Faces is the first exhibition of work by Saiz in Canada.

Join us for an artist talk and screening of several fascinating video works by Manuel Saiz, who will be here from Berlin for our opening weekend. The project space (Rm. 302) will be open at 12 pm for those who would like to see Saiz’s work before the event. Artist talk and screening starts at 1 pm in Flex Studio Silver on the first floor (Rm. 106).

Event is free to attend. Refreshments will be served and all are welcome.

Space is limited; please RSVP by Wednesday, September 17th to info (at) typology (dot) ca with the number attending.

Event date and time
Saturday, September 20, 2014. The project space (Rm. 302) will be open at 12 pm for those who would like to see Saiz’s work before the event. Artist talk and screening starts at 1 pm in Flex Studio Silver on the first floor (Rm. 106).

Location
TYPOLOGY Projects
180 Shaw Street, No. 302, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON M6J 2W5
See Google map of location

Sound Art Intensive with Andrea Cohen + Wiska Radkiewicz : Sunday, September 21, 2014 / 1 PM

Since 2000, Andrea Cohen and Wiska Radkiewicz have been co-directors of the SoundSon Project, an experimental web-based approach to audio sharing and collaborative sound composition. Now you can learn the basics of recording and editing sound to make an original collaborative composition in this four hour sound art intensive with the artists!

We’ll start at the project space with a brief introduction to Cohen and Radkiewicz’s work in the Of Other Faces exhibition, then proceed down to the workshop space on the first floor.

Event is free to attend and geared toward adults and kids 11+ with their caregivers.

Space is limited; please RSVP by Wednesday, September 17th to info (at) typology (dot) ca to reserve a spot.

Participants will be asked to come with some field recordings (instructions to be provided when you RSVP) and will need to bring their own laptop running Audacity (or other) sound editing software (free download here) and a pair of headphones.

Workshop date and time
Sunday, September 21, 2014, starting at 1 pm in the project space (Rm. 302) with an introduction to Cohen and Radkiewicz’s work in the exhibition. Immediately thereafter we will proceed to the workshop space in Flex Studio Silver on the first floor (Rm. 106). Please arrive on time as the project space will be closed after the introduction. Stay in the workshop space as long as you like until 5 pm.

Location
TYPOLOGY Projects
180 Shaw Street, No. 302, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON M6J 2W5
See Google map of location

Kid-Friendly Alien Collage Masks with Marta Ryczko : Sunday, October 19, 2014 / 1 PM

Just in time for Halloween — come make a collaged mask inspired by Ryczko’s fun and freaky photographs in this free, family-friendly workshop with the artist! We’ll start with a brief kids-oriented tour of the Of Other Faces exhibition, then get down to business with some hands-on collage creation. Finished works may be featured on the TYPOLOGY website at the artist’s option.

Event is free to attend and geared toward kids 4+ and their caregivers. Materials will be provided.

Please RSVP to info (at) typology (dot) ca with the number attending.

Workshop date and time
Sunday, October 19, 2014, starting at 1 pm in the project space (Rm. 302) with an introduction to the exhibition. Workshop to begin immediately thereafter; stay as long as you like until 3 pm.

Location
TYPOLOGY Projects
180 Shaw Street, No. 302, Artscape Youngplace, Toronto, ON M6J 2W5
See Google map of location

News, press, publications and more information.

OF OTHER FACES exhibition catalogue preview (PDF) OF OTHER FACES press release (PDF) Exhibition Opening and Edition Launch printable invite (jpg)

Images

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