UWAG presents Janet Biggs "Echo of the Unknown" opening Nov 3 (ECH 1239)

[Jurakic, Ivan]

ECHO OF THE UNKNOWN
JANET BIGGS

November 3–December 17, 2016
Opening Reception: Thursday, November 3, 5:00–8:00 PM
Artist’s Talk: Tuesday, November 1, 3:00-4:00 PM (ECH 1219)

Echo of the Unknown stems from the artist’s memories of her grandfather's struggle with Alzheimer's disease. Centering on the four-channel video installation Can't Find My Way Home, the exhibition addresses the challenges of maintaining a sense of self in the face of physical and psychological extremes. Footage of the artist exploring the Merkers crystal cavern is contrasted with a neurologist doing research in a lab, and an older gentleman wandering the aisles of a gem and mineral show. By drawing parallels between mineral formations in the cavern, those generated in a petri dish, and those found at a convention, Biggs elicits the complex skein of memory, and its loss.

This exhibition has been organized by Blaffer Art Museum at the University of Houston.

Janet Biggs is a Brooklyn based artist whose video, photography and performance has been exhibited internationally. Her work often includes images of individuals in extreme landscapes or situations, from sulfur miners inside an active volcano to a kayak ballet in Arctic waters. Her recent work explores the creation and loss of memory from personal, physical, and scientific perspectives. Janet Biggs works with Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York; Analix Forever, Geneva; and CONNERSMITH, Washington D.C.

Please join us for this thought-provoking installation
Exhibitions are free and open to the public

ADMIT EVERYONE
University of Waterloo Art Gallery
East Campus Hall 1239
519.888.4567 ext. 33575
uwag.uwaterloo.ca
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HOURS
Tuesday to Saturday 12:00-5:00 PM
Or by appointment

CONTACT
Ivan Jurakic, Director / Curator
519.888.4567 ext. 36741
ijurakic at uwaterloo.ca

DRIVING
263 Phillip Street, Waterloo
East Campus Hall (ECH) on Phillip Street off University Avenue West, behind University Shops Plaza
Use south entrance to ECH across from Engineering 6

PARKING
Visitor Parking is available in Lot E6 or Q for a flat rate of $5.00
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MAILING
University of Waterloo Art Gallery
200 University Avenue West
Waterloo, ON, Canada N2L 3G1



Image: Janet Biggs, Can’t Find My Way Home (still), 2015, 4-channel, high definition video installation with sound, 8:19 min, looped. Courtesy of the artist and Cristin Tierney Gallery, New York.
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