Open City
Sara Graham
is to word as wave is to
Leah Garnett
Dates Showing: March 31st - April 27th, 2002
In Open City, Calgary artist, Sara Graham examines the structure of suburban geography. With her drawings of roadways and overpasses as tightly wound balls and paintings of parklands within city territory as color coded anomalies, Graham shines a light on the dysfunction of this 'relovution' in urban planning as a pacifier and placator of the populace.
 Leah Garnett of Halifax presents is to word as wave is to a study of space and communication. With her iron and plexiglas wavetanks, Garnett references the language of science to bring attention to our ability and disability with communication. The wavetanks garnett has cunstructed are operated by the viewer but as expected but because of their weight distribution they cut out if not constantly being activated by the viewer. The disappointmentfelt at their inability to complete their expected function is tempered by a soundtrack Garnett has produced of distorted clips from her own conversations.
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