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Lively Objects hidden within Museum of Vancouver’s history galleries
To mark the arrival of the 21st International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA 2015), the Museum of Vancouver debuts a new exhibition on display starting Sunday through October 12, 2015. Lively Objects brings together artworks that vibrate with mechanical, digital, and magical forces. Installations hidden throughout the Museum’s history galleries awaken our fascination with objects that come to life.
The artworks in Lively Objects take a variety of forms—gloves, tables, figurines, machines and projected images. Visitors can hunt for them or drift through the galleries and take their chances. Some works hide in plain sight, speaking only to those who stop to listen. Others deliberately pull focus and make a ruckus.
In Lively Objects, artefacts do not quietly await appreciation; these enchanted artworks disrupt traditional museum categories and presentation techniques. They start surprising conversations with neighbouring objects and invite visitors to reconsider the museum experience.
Lively Objects is curated by Caroline Seck Langill, and Lizzie Muller. The exhibition features works created by faculty and alumni of OCAD University and Emily Carr University of Art and Design: Wendy Coburn, Steve Daniels, Judith Doyle, Kate Hartman, Garnet Hertz, Simone Jones and Lance Winn, Germaine Koh, and Norman White, with opening night performances by Diana Burgoyne (pictured above), Judith Doyle, and Kate Hartman.
Catalyze - Lively Objects Opening Reception/ ISEA2015 party: August 16, 2015, 6-10pm
To celebrate the opening of the Lively Objects and ISEA2015, MOV is hosting Catalyze, featuring interactive art, performances, and an outdoor pavilion, curated by Kate Armstrong and Malcolm Levy. Tickets available at: https://catalyze.eventbrite.ca
Now on view at the Museum of Vancouver:
Stefan Sagmeister: The Happy Show: an extensive multimedia exhibition culled from the creator’s 10-year quest to understand happiness, and increase his own. This startling exhibition - hailed as “a virtual fun house of didactic interactive displays” by The New York Times - will be on view through September 7, 2015.
the city before the city: An unprecedented series of exhibitions about Musqueam's ancient landscape and living culture.
The Museum of Vancouver is located at 1100 Chestnut Street, Vancouver, BC (In Vanier Park)
