<html><head></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt;"><img height="108" width="130" apple-width="yes" apple-height="yes" id="b4218e7a-4f52-4423-9a01-41bd1c3e2aa7" src="cid:E5364F94-B7E6-4DB2-B744-73686632AD1E@uwaterloo.ca"></span><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><b><br></b></span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><strong>January 10–March 9, 2013</strong></span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><strong>Opening Reception: Thursday, January 10 from 5:00–8:00 pm</strong><br></span><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#ff0000"><b><br></b></font><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><strong><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; ">Tom Dean</span></strong></span></span></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b style="font-size: 13px;">John Dickson</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b style="font-size: 13px;">Catherine Heard</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b style="font-size: 13px;">Greg Hefford</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b style="font-size: 13px;">Mary Catherine Newcomb</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b style="font-size: 13px;">Reinhard Reitzenstein</b></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b style="font-size: 13px;">Lyla Rye</b></font></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Max Streicher<br></b></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial" color="#ff1e16"><b>N e t h e r M i n d</b></font></span><br><br><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">The NetherMind collective organized four influential exhibitions in Toronto from 1991–1995, in which the original group of eleven artists secured post-industrial spaces and made artworks and sculptural interventions in response to each unique environment. The recently reunited group of eight artists share an affinity for the use of unexpected materials and </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">continue to </span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; ">address the spatial and psychological possibilities of site-responsive practices. Their projects tend to be interactive or experiential, appealing to the senses through tactility, sound, light or movement. The works also exhibit a dark sense of humour and an absurd playfulness in the manner that </span></font><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 13px; ">unexpected elements are</span><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "> used and juxtaposed. For this exhibition, NetherMind will install a series of new and recent works that respond to the unique qualities of the gallery and its architecture, fittingly the original site of Waterloo Manufacturing.</span></font></div></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><a href="http://nethermindcollective.tumblr.com/">http://nethermindcollective.tumblr.com/</a></span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><br></span></font></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000" face="Arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; "><i>The NetherMind collective acknowledges the generous financial support of the Ontario Arts Council.</i><br></span></font></font><br><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Please join us for this thought-provoking exhibition.</span></div><div>Our e<span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">xhibitions are free and open to the public.<br><br><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><strong>UWAG</strong></span></span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">University of Waterloo Art Gallery</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">East Campus Hall | ECH 1239</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">519.888.4567 ext. 33575</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><a href="http://www.uwag.uwaterloo.ca/">uwag.uwaterloo.ca</a><br><br><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><strong>Hours</strong></span></span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Tuesday to Saturday</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">12:00-5:00 pm</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Or by appointment<br><br><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><strong>Contact</strong></span></span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Ivan Jurakic, Director / Curator</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">519.888.4567 ext. 36741</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><a href="mailto:ijurakic@uwaterloo.ca" target="_blank">ijurakic@uwaterloo.ca</a><br><br><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><strong>Driving</strong></span></span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">263 Phillip Street, Waterloo, ON</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Located in East Campus Hall on Phillip Street off University Avenue West, behind University Plaza</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Use South entrance to ECH across from Engineering 6</span><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><br><br><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><strong>Parking</strong></span></span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Limited meter parking is available behind ECH</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">Visitor Parking is available in Lot E6, E5 or Lot B after 3:45 pm</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; "><a href="http://www.uwaterloo.ca/map/index.php" target="_blank">http://www.uwaterloo.ca/map/index.php</a><br><br><span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><strong>Mailing</strong></span></span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">University of Waterloo Art Gallery</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; ">200 University Avenue West</span><br><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 10pt; ">Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1</span></span></div>
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