Sites of Consumption Opening @ Gallery 1313 WEDNESDAY JULY 7, 7-10PM
PRESS RELEASE - For Immediate Release Sites of Consumption Alexandra Sztepa & Kye Marshall July 7 - August 1, 2010 Opening Reception: July 7, 2010 ı 7 - 10PM Curated by: Simone Rojas-Pick & Jessica Nagy With this installation, the artists hope to awaken the viewer’s sense
of the effect thoughtless human development has had on the
environment; specifically here in Toronto. Human dominion over the
world has led to global warming, contamination of land and water and
habitat loss for animals and people alike. The objects displayed evoke
the ever-growing mountains of refuse that were once symbols of our
ability to create and have now become the markers of mass graves.
Images of a virgin forest are juxtaposed against the glare of
Yonge-Dundas Square, emphasizing the increasing distance urban
dwellers put between themselves and the land. These concepts speak also to the transitions neighbourhoods undergo as
their inhabitants evolve; garbage as artefact and the only trace left
of increasingly marginalized people. With the gentrification of
Parkdale steadily moving onward and never-ending development of condos
and skyscrapers, the artists ask that we take pause to remember what
once was and consider the consequences of the consumerism that will
eventually consume us all. Sites of Comsumption marks the final installment of Intersections, a
three part exhibition series curated by Simone Rojas-Pick and Jessica
Nagy centered around the concept of the “mash-up”. For more
information please visit: www.intersectionsg1313.wordpress.com/ Gallery 1313
1313A Queen Street West ı Toronto, ON M6K 1L8
(416) 536-6778 ı www.g1313.org
Hours of Operation: Wednesday - Sunday, 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
of the effect thoughtless human development has had on the
environment; specifically here in Toronto. Human dominion over the
world has led to global warming, contamination of land and water and
habitat loss for animals and people alike. The objects displayed evoke
the ever-growing mountains of refuse that were once symbols of our
ability to create and have now become the markers of mass graves.
Images of a virgin forest are juxtaposed against the glare of
Yonge-Dundas Square, emphasizing the increasing distance urban
dwellers put between themselves and the land. These concepts speak also to the transitions neighbourhoods undergo as
their inhabitants evolve; garbage as artefact and the only trace left
of increasingly marginalized people. With the gentrification of
Parkdale steadily moving onward and never-ending development of condos
and skyscrapers, the artists ask that we take pause to remember what
once was and consider the consequences of the consumerism that will
eventually consume us all. Sites of Comsumption marks the final installment of Intersections, a
three part exhibition series curated by Simone Rojas-Pick and Jessica
Nagy centered around the concept of the “mash-up”. For more
information please visit: www.intersectionsg1313.wordpress.com/ Gallery 1313
1313A Queen Street West ı Toronto, ON M6K 1L8
(416) 536-6778 ı www.g1313.org
Hours of Operation: Wednesday - Sunday, 1:00 pm - 6:00 pm
