Performative Artist Talk with Laura Gildner
Performative Artist Talk With Laura Gildner (Image Credit: Laura Gildner 2020)
Victoria based artist Laura Gildner offers insight into her practice and the ways she is adapting her work to the new conditions that are playing out in the landscape of social distancing.
"Since the lockdown began, I have been grappling with the potential consequences a long-term lack of human interaction might have on my wellbeing as well as on my work. My practice, for the most part, involves casting or collaborating with large groups of people to create participatory experiences in response to my research. This desire for connection will be the jumping off point for my field trip—part artist talk and part performance, I’ll be looking at how art that is rooted in human contact might be reimagined in the age of physical distancing."
Most recently Gildner has exhibited at the Polygon Gallery, North Vancouver (February/March 2020). She was the winner of the 2020 Lind Prize in Photography, Film, and Video Art and her work Informer was a selected exhibition for this year's Capture Photography Festival (Vancouver).
The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria is located on the traditional territories of the Lekwungen peoples, today known as the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations. We extend our appreciation for the opportunity to live and learn on this territory.
FIELD TRIP: ART ACROSS CANADA
We are pleased to partner with a new digital arts initiative, FIELD TRIP: ART ACROSS CANADA. This new online platform delivers arts experiences with some of Canada’s most celebrated artists in a national partnership with leading arts organizations.
Resources.
Artist website: lauragildner.com/
Gallery Website: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria
