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The Normal Condition of Any CommunicationAyreen Anastas + Rene Gabri, Neil Beloufa, Keren Cytter, Claire Fontaine and Reza HaeriJune 23-July 30 2011 Opening Reception: Thursday, June 23, 7-9 pm The Normal Condition of Any Communication takes its title from the words of contemporary philosopher Jacques Rancière who states that “Distance is not an evil to be abolished, but the normal condition of any communication.” Considering the potential of participating in conversations that extend beyond a person’s particular subject position, the works in this exhibition perform acts of translation between individuals and across cultures. The videos of Neil Beloufa, Keren Cytter and Reza Haeri massage the space between documentary and fiction by way of dismantling a definitive sense of history in order to reconstitute a plurality of accounts. The notebook works of Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri comprise a series of propositions, questions, diagrams and drawings, which trace a dialogic process between the artists that, without effacing the personal, is staunchly political. A text-based neon sign by the artist collective Claire Fontaine questions the way cultural and geographical identities are formed. Together, these works suggest that it is possible to communicate across differences so long as a multiplicity of meanings is fundamentally maintained. Special thanks to the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery and Mercer Union for their support of this exhibition. Public Discussion: Saturday, June 25, 3-5 pm In response to The Normal Condition of Any Communication, a panel of artists and thinkers will join curator cheyanne turions in a discussion about what is at stake when artworks attempt acts of translation, be it between one person and another, or between different ways of knowing the world. Mirroring the content of the exhibition’s thesis–that communication across distance is only possible so long as a plurality of meanings is acknowledged–the form of the discussion invites others to respond to the exhibition’s framing and the work itself, complicating and complimenting each in turn. No Reading After the Internet out-loud reading group: Wednesday, June 29, 7 pm at LIFT (1137 Dupont) No Reading After the Internet is a free monthly series in which a selected text is read aloud and discussed. Peter Schjeldahl’s “Of Ourselves and of Our Origins: Subjects of Art” has been selected to compliment the exhibition The Normal Condition of Any Communication. Within Schjeldahl’s critique about whether or not it is possible to speak sensibly about what we like about art, he raises an important point about the negative import of identities that demarcate difference. In response, he proposes a non-political pronoun of “we” without “they,” thereby hinting at the nebulous thing that happens in an experience of great art. This utopic proposal of Schjeldahl’s is a place to begin imagining communication across distance from. Participation in No Reading After the Internet is free and open to everyone, regardless of their familiarity with a text or its author. Texts will be handed out at the salon. No pre-reading or research is required. The event is co-presented with the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto. cheyanne turions is an independent, Toronto-based writer and curator who holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of British Columbia. She is the director of No Reading After the Internet (Toronto), and sits on the board of directors for Fillip magazine. Her residency at Gallery TPW is a collaboration with the Images Festival, and is supported in part by the Canada Council for the Arts: Assistance to Aboriginal Curators in Residence program. For more information visit her website at cheyanneturions.wordpress.com. Image Credit: Neil Beloufa, video still from Untitled. 2010 Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12-5 pm Media contact:Kim SimonCurator Gallery TPW56 Ossington AvenueToronto, ON. M6J 2Y7p: 416.645.1066f: 416.645.1681w: www.gallerytpw.ca
The Normal Condition of Any CommunicationAyreen Anastas + Rene Gabri, Neil Beloufa, Keren Cytter, Claire Fontaine and Reza HaeriJune 23-July 30 2011 Opening Reception: Thursday, June 23, 7-9 pm The Normal Condition of Any Communication takes its title from the words of contemporary philosopher Jacques Rancière who states that “Distance is not an evil to be abolished, but the normal condition of any communication.” Considering the potential of participating in conversations that extend beyond a person’s particular subject position, the works in this exhibition perform acts of translation between individuals and across cultures. The videos of Neil Beloufa, Keren Cytter and Reza Haeri massage the space between documentary and fiction by way of dismantling a definitive sense of history in order to reconstitute a plurality of accounts. The notebook works of Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri comprise a series of propositions, questions, diagrams and drawings, which trace a dialogic process between the artists that, without effacing the personal, is staunchly political. A text-based neon sign by the artist collective Claire Fontaine questions the way cultural and geographical identities are formed. Together, these works suggest that it is possible to communicate across differences so long as a multiplicity of meanings is fundamentally maintained. Special thanks to the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery and Mercer Union for their support of this exhibition. Public Discussion: Saturday, June 25, 3-5 pm In response to The Normal Condition of Any Communication, a panel of artists and thinkers will join curator cheyanne turions in a discussion about what is at stake when artworks attempt acts of translation, be it between one person and another, or between different ways of knowing the world. Mirroring the content of the exhibition’s thesis–that communication across distance is only possible so long as a plurality of meanings is acknowledged–the form of the discussion invites others to respond to the exhibition’s framing and the work itself, complicating and complimenting each in turn. No Reading After the Internet out-loud reading group: Wednesday, June 29, 7 pm at LIFT (1137 Dupont) No Reading After the Internet is a free monthly series in which a selected text is read aloud and discussed. Peter Schjeldahl’s “Of Ourselves and of Our Origins: Subjects of Art” has been selected to compliment the exhibition The Normal Condition of Any Communication. Within Schjeldahl’s critique about whether or not it is possible to speak sensibly about what we like about art, he raises an important point about the negative import of identities that demarcate difference. In response, he proposes a non-political pronoun of “we” without “they,” thereby hinting at the nebulous thing that happens in an experience of great art. This utopic proposal of Schjeldahl’s is a place to begin imagining communication across distance from. Participation in No Reading After the Internet is free and open to everyone, regardless of their familiarity with a text or its author. Texts will be handed out at the salon. No pre-reading or research is required. The event is co-presented with the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto. cheyanne turions is an independent, Toronto-based writer and curator who holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of British Columbia. She is the director of No Reading After the Internet (Toronto), and sits on the board of directors for Fillip magazine. Her residency at Gallery TPW is a collaboration with the Images Festival, and is supported in part by the Canada Council for the Arts: Assistance to Aboriginal Curators in Residence program. For more information visit her website at cheyanneturions.wordpress.com. Image Credit: Neil Beloufa, video still from Untitled. 2010 Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12-5 pm Media contact:Kim SimonCurator Gallery TPW56 Ossington AvenueToronto, ON. M6J 2Y7p: 416.645.1066f: 416.645.1681w: www.gallerytpw.ca

The Normal Condition of Any Communication
Ayreen Anastas + Rene Gabri, Neil Beloufa, Keren Cytter, Claire Fontaine and Reza Haeri
June 23-July 30 2011

Opening Reception: Thursday, June 23, 7-9 pm

The Normal Condition of Any Communication takes its title from the words of contemporary philosopher Jacques Rancière who states that “Distance is not an evil to be abolished, but the normal condition of any communication.” Considering the potential of participating in conversations that extend beyond a person’s particular subject position, the works in this exhibition perform acts of translation between individuals and across cultures. The videos of Neil Beloufa, Keren Cytter and Reza Haeri massage the space between documentary and fiction by way of dismantling a definitive sense of history in order to reconstitute a plurality of accounts. The notebook works of Ayreen Anastas and Rene Gabri comprise a series of propositions, questions, diagrams and drawings, which trace a dialogic process between the artists that, without effacing the personal, is staunchly political. A text-based neon sign by the artist collective Claire Fontaine questions the way cultural and geographical identities are formed. Together, these works suggest that it is possible to communicate across differences so long as a multiplicity of meanings is fundamentally maintained.

Special thanks to the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery and Mercer Union for their support of this exhibition.

Public Discussion: Saturday, June 25, 3-5 pm

In response to The Normal Condition of Any Communication, a panel of artists and thinkers will join curator cheyanne turions in a discussion about what is at stake when artworks attempt acts of translation, be it between one person and another, or between different ways of knowing the world. Mirroring the content of the exhibition’s thesis–that communication across distance is only possible so long as a plurality of meanings is acknowledged–the form of the discussion invites others to respond to the exhibition’s framing and the work itself, complicating and complimenting each in turn.

No Reading After the Internet out-loud reading group: Wednesday, June 29, 7 pm at LIFT (1137 Dupont)

No Reading After the Internet is a free monthly series in which a selected text is read aloud and discussed. Peter Schjeldahl’s “Of Ourselves and of Our Origins: Subjects of Art” has been selected to compliment the exhibition The Normal Condition of Any Communication. Within Schjeldahl’s critique about whether or not it is possible to speak sensibly about what we like about art, he raises an important point about the negative import of identities that demarcate difference. In response, he proposes a non-political pronoun of “we” without “they,” thereby hinting at the nebulous thing that happens in an experience of great art. This utopic proposal of Schjeldahl’s is a place to begin imagining communication across distance from.

Participation in No Reading After the Internet is free and open to everyone, regardless of their familiarity with a text or its author. Texts will be handed out at the salon. No pre-reading or research is required.

The event is co-presented with the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto.

cheyanne turions is an independent, Toronto-based writer and curator who holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of British Columbia. She is the director of No Reading After the Internet (Toronto), and sits on the board of directors for Fillip magazine. Her residency at Gallery TPW is a collaboration with the Images Festival, and is supported in part by the Canada Council for the Arts: Assistance to Aboriginal Curators in Residence program. For more information visit her website at cheyanneturions.wordpress.com.

Image Credit: Neil Beloufa, video still from Untitled. 2010

Gallery Hours: Tuesday - Saturday, 12-5 pm

Media contact:
Kim Simon
Curator

Gallery TPW
56 Ossington Avenue
Toronto, ON. M6J 2Y7
p: 416.645.1066
f: 416.645.1681
w: www.gallerytpw.ca

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