“Join for an exhibition of photographs designed to inspire new ways of connecting with the land. Starting last weekend at the Shenkman, with a formal opening on March 5th, CORRESPONDENCES showcases the work of ten artists from across Canada as they explore how our relationship with our home can be seen with fresh eyes.
CORRESPONDENCES takes viewers on a journey from the expansive landscape of Alaska’s pipelines to the overlooked insects that thrive in the shadow of Ottawa’s tallest building and to the collateral damage of roadkill. Get up close and personal with Sadie, a lovable dog who teaches her owner how to see. Explore the commons within a Hydro corridor and the surprising ways its neighbours use it. Imagine a world of wonder seen through a child’s eyes in Saskatchewan and delight in the way a woman moulds her body into the landscape of trees and rocks in rural Quebec. Contemplate the way water marks a city landscape after a flood and the pure beauty of light as it falls along a forest path. Reflect on the way trees and rocks wrap around each other along the Niagara River.
- “The problem in our relations with the natural world, then, is that we have forgotten how to correspond with the beings and things of which it is comprised…If interaction is about othering, then correspondence is about togethering. It is about the ways along which lives, in their perpetual unfolding or becoming, answer to one another.” (Tim Ingold, Correspondences)“
- In an age when people are feeling increasingly disconnected from each other and the natural world, CORRESPONDENCES inspires us to find new ways to connect,” says photographer Jon Stuart.”
Participating artists: Sasha Chapman Valerie Chartrand, Jim Lamont, Victoria Laube, Leah Mowers, Kim Manley Ort, Richard Robesco, Vera Saltzman, Ruth Steinberg and Jon Stuart.
Public Reception: Wednesday, March 5th, 6 – 8 pm
Duration: February 22nd – April 18 from 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays and from 8:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekends.
Location: LaLande + Doyle exhibition space, Shenkman Arts Centre, 245 Centrum Boulevard, Ottawa