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Calgary 2012

Logotopia: The Library in Architecture, Art and the Imagination

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Venue / Location:
Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts - 104, 800 Macleod Trail SE

Repeats every day until Wed Sep 22 2010 .
2 Sep 2010 (All day)

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Ticket Price:
Adults (18+) $4, Seniors/Students $2, Triangle Gallery Members are Free! Admission is free during Opening Receptions and during our Art Talk Series

Event Description:

 

Curated by Sascha Hastings, this multi-disciplinary exhibition and publication project presents original artworks, commissioned essays and stories, contemporary library architecture, library lore and ephemera, and pop culture icons. Several Canadian and international writers, visual artists and architects explore library as a concept and a built form through four distinct categories: the Universal Library, the National Library, the Public Library, the Private Library – and take a peak into the future of new technology and the librarian as a cyber avatar.

Featured renowned Canadian and international architects, such as Hariri Pontarini Architects, Kongats Architects, Patkau Architects, Shigeru Ban Architects, Shim-Sutcliffe Architects, and Snøhetta Architects share their inspirations and their deep appreciation for libraries of all types, in both Canadian and international contexts.

Featured artists: Adam David Brown, Douglas Coupland, Denis Farley, Guy Laramée and Michael Lewis contribute another dimension to the Logotopia experience. Their works encompass a wide range of media, and were selected for their visual commentary on the notion of the library and their reinforcement of the link between art, architecture and literature.
 
Featured writers: Lise Bissonnette, Ray Bradbury, Alberto Manguel, Robert Jan van Pelt and Nora Young inform and expand the multi disciplinary tribute to the library by recounting their personal and professional library experiences in essays created expressly for Logotopia.
 
SPECIAL EVENTS
 
Opening Reception (free admisson)
 
Thursday, September 9, 2010 at 7:30 pm at the Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts
• Opening Remarks:  Jacek Malec, Gallery Director/Curator
• Reception: Cash bar & light refreshments from 8 pm to 9:30 pm
 
Art Talk Series (free admission)
 
Saturday, September 11, 2010  at 1:30 pm at the Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts
• “Levantine Whispers and Dialogues .. Logos and Mythos in Art and Architecture” – ruminations an  exchanges on social archives, social memories and cultural legacies led by Dr. Caterina Pizanias, a sociologist of art. Presented in conjunction with the exhibition “Logotopia: The Library in Architecture, Art and the Imagination”.
• Light refreshments will follow the discussion.
 
Escape to Greece (free admission)
 
September 18 - 1 pm at the Triangle Gallery of Visual Arts

Find out how you can make your dream of going to Greece come true. There will be a short presentation and opportunity for questions. Led by a Greek herself, Dr. Caterina Pizanias. 

HOURS OF OPERATION
 
During 2010 Artcity Festival, Triangle Gallery will be open 7 days a week with the exception of the Labour Day Long Weekend (closed September 4th to 6th).
 
Hours are: Monday to Friday from 11 am to 6 pm and Saturday and Sunday from 12 pm to 5 pm. On the last day of the exhibition the gallery is open until 3 pm.
(Regular admission fee applies. Admission is free for the Opening Reception and the Art Talk Series.
Donations are always welcome!)
 

* image: Guy Laramée, Borges’ Last Coffee, 2006, basswood, table with metal stand, chair (courtesy of Cambridge Galleries – Design at Riverside.)