Art & Science Exhibition

with Libby Hague, Doug Jarvis, Gareth Lichty, Abigale Miller, Elissa Ross & Patrick Ingram, and Allison Rowe

Curated by Patrick Macaulay and Sally McKay

November 13, 2010 – January 2, 2011

opening Friday November 12, 6-10 pm

Harbourfront Centre
235 Queen’s Quay West, Toronto

Six participants from the Art & Science Fair were chosen to develop larger projects for the Art & Science Exhibition.

Libby Hague‘s Free Radicals is an ongoing series of puppet shows in a sculptural landscape designed around the theme of creation myths. Puppet performers are Anna Jane McIntyre, Liz Pead, Bernadette Wycks & Leanne Eisen, and Zen Existential Puppet Theatre with GVB & Rob Cruickshank. (dates puppet show tapings are here)

Doug Jarvis‘ installation Lazy Pointer Beamed delves into the Electromagnetic Spectrum to examine the specific nature and quality of red laser light.

Gareth Lichty creates beautiful forms that emerge from an exploration of calcium as a sculptural and architectural building material.

Abigale Miller‘s Life with Bugs is an installation of visual data examining people’s reactions to intimate interactions with insects.

Elissa Ross & Patrick Ingram‘s Choose Your Own Adventure: Mathematics Odyssey is  an engaging and interactive book that provides an in-depth mathematical experience in a safe and anxiety-free environment.

Allison Rowe‘s installation Bringing Home the Tar Sands will give gallery visitors a user-friendly, hands-on experience that illuminates the issues around tar sand mining and extraction.

Find out more about the fair.

Fresh Ground new works

The Too Cool For School Art & Science Fair and Exhibition are a part of Fresh Ground new works, Harbourfront Centre’s national commissioning programme.