Event Dates
Time
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Valerie Durant, Polar Thaw. Courtesy of the Artist and Elissa Cristall Gallery.
Valerie Durant, Golden Age of Plastic. Courtesy of the Artist and Elissa Cristall Gallery.
Valerie Durant, Atlantis. Courtesy of the Artist and Elissa Cristall Gallery.
Valerie Durant, Standing Carbon. Courtesy of the Artist and Elissa Cristall Gallery.
Valerie Durant, Polar Thaw. Courtesy of the Artist and Elissa Cristall Gallery.
Valerie Durant, Golden Age of Plastic. Courtesy of the Artist and Elissa Cristall Gallery.
Valerie Durant, Atlantis. Courtesy of the Artist and Elissa Cristall Gallery.
Valerie Durant, Standing Carbon. Courtesy of the Artist and Elissa Cristall Gallery.
Artist Talk
Silence of The Sea: SOS Artist Talk and Community Dialogue
ADMISSION
Free
Registration required
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Imagery installed, reflects upon organic and inorganic objects found along the foreshore of the Salish Sea, intentionally arranged within fluid landscapes, compelling the viewer to consider the intersection of the climate crisis with portrait and landscape photography, subject/object relationships and material culture.
Durant’s art and research practice is grounded in sustainability, social and climate justice. She will discuss the photography and video installed within the gallery, considering the abject beauty reflected in the works.
Participants are invited to engage in a dialogue about human impact on the natural world.
The Artist acknowledges the support of Canada Council for the Arts.
Born in Burnaby B.C., Valerie Durant, lives and works on the unceded territories of the Coast Salish Nations. Previous exhibitions include, Invisible Rivers, GPAG (2022) and Well, at The Surrey Art Gallery. Our Ecological Footprint, group exhibition, appeared at BurnabyArts/Deer Lake in 2021. Forthcoming, Dissipation:Traces of a Disappearing Landscape, will appear on CBC, in 2023. Her work is held in public and private collections, locally and internationally. She holds a BFA from ECU(2001) and an MA from UofP(2012).
