Patrick Blaeser and Emilio Rojas | On Matters of Sensitivity and/or How The Dripping Turned into a Flood | Thursday, April 28th
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On Matters of Sensitivity and/or How The Dripping Turned into a Flood
Patrick Blaeser and Emilio Rojas
Thursday, April 28, 2011
7:00 to 10:00 pm.
826 E. Pender Vancouver, BC
The STAG is pleased to announce On Matters of Sensitivity and/or How The Dripping Turned into a Flood, new collaborative works by Vancouver-based artists Patrick Blaeser and Emilio Rojas.
The show is the result of a month long residency dealing with ideas of sovereignty, secrecy, and national statehood. The subject matter departs from the recent disclosure of sensitive information released to the public by WikiLeaks for scrutiny and debate, which has created a forum for the discussion of a freer and more transparent society. The pieces reflect on both personal and public sensitivities, whether that be the sensitivities between two lovers; or that sensitivity that comes from a document only meant for military eyes. Blaeser-Rojas evaluate when this material should be open to the public or remain secret, or if all information should be openly disclosed.
The research will result in a series of sculptural works most of them contained inside lockets wore by performers throughout the night, with different “rules of engagement”. An attempt to be critical of interactivity within contemporary art, diplomacy, and military procedures. The locket, refers to dual motifs of love and politics that serve to connect the two vignettes that comprise the structure of the exhibition. Other work involving texts, actions, sculpture and video will engage the domestic space of the STAG and the tension of its situation within the realm of the public and private.
Blaeser - Rojas have been collaborating since 2010. After the completion of their STAG residency a limited edition publication based on the exhibition will become available. People are invited to participate by bringing their own lockets to the show.
Patrick Blaeser
Patrick Blaeser has a BFA in Photography form ECUAD and MFA from the Glasgow School of Art. He uses a variety of mediums including photography, textiles and illustration and to express apocalyptic and Utopian attitudes. Blaeser’s practice consists of examining society to pick apart issues through the lens of possible futures and pasts. By reevaluating these fictions he tries to discover new routes for understanding and adjusting those ideas and how they may aid the present moment. Blaeser currently lives in Vancouver BC and has shown work in the UK, Netherlands, Germany, Canada and the U.S.A.
Emilio Rojas
Emilio Rojas was born in Mexico City. He is an interdisciplinary artists working mostly in performance, video, installation, and text. His works require the participation of the viewer, in order to set in motion the metaphors that unveil the intricacy of his art. The intrinsic relation with the body has been both his subject matter and medium. Exploring the mental and physical limits of his being, Emilio reevaluates activism, gender, politics, traditions, ritual and sexuality. His works have been exhibited in United States, Canada, Mexico, Austria, England, Germany, and Australia. Emilio currently lives in Vancouver, B.C. where he is completing his BFA at ECUAD.
826 E Pender St., Strathcona, Vancouver, BC / Coast Salish Territory
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