Bryan Faubert: NYC/MTA:YYC/LRT Pandemic Liminality

Film Short shot and directed by Hesam Razaei.

This short animates the making of Bryan Faubert’s public sculpture NYC/MTA:YYC/LRT. Pandemic Liminality seeks to create a space for contemplation on our connections with each other and our communities at large in a time when we are encouraged to create physical space between one another.

Liminality is filled with energy, anticipation, trepidation and excitement. Faubert’s objective is to capture this energy and feed it back to the viewer by animating this space with the intricate cast shadows from the LRT. Here the viewer can embody the phenomenon of liminality; interacting, connecting, contemplating and oscillating back and forth within the space, place, and artwork.

This work is part of an exhibition taking place in the NVRLND Boutique Gallery, MaSh-UP IV: [In]Between Never, NVRLND.

Mash-UP IV - nvrlnd Boutique - until September 7th

Open Wed-Sat 12-5pm, Sun 1-4

Mon/Tues by appointment, contact - k_bertski@ymail.com

Reception September 4th, 7-11pm

NYC/MTA:YYC/LRT

Open daily, lights on at 9pm

1048 21st Ave, S.E
Calgary, AB
(back parking lot of NVRLND)

About the artist.

Bryan Faubert obtained his Master of Fine Arts from the University of Calgary. His work oscillates between and is informed by his graffiti/street art practice, studio analysis, public art and the institution. Here he analyzes the intrinsic cultural codes of his materials and artmaking processes. Bryan is a member of the Wolf-Sheep Arthouse Collective in Victoria and is currently a sponsored artist in residence at nvrlnd. here in Calgary. Last spring Bryan travelled to New York to apprentice with internationally acclaimed sculptor Cal Lane, this endeavour has inspired his current public sculpture with a C-Train car.

"nvrlnd. has the unique opportunity to make an important contribution to the landscape of art in Calgary by providing a space for experimental and conceptual artwork that is an alternative to the existing mainstream audience.”