Babel - previous works of interest shown at WPG

PLAN B - Minerva Cuevas: Not Impressed by Civilization
November 12, 2005 to January 19, 2006
This installation and performance was presented to the public on October 29, 2005 by the Walter Phillips Gallery as part of MS:T 3 Mountain Standard Time Performative Arts Festival. This event was sponsored by MS:T 3 through the Calgary Regional Arts Foundation, the Alberta Lottery Fund, and the Canada Council for Arts. Additional assistance was provided by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts.

Database Imaginary
Database Imaginary explores artwork and emerging cultural forms by artists who use databases to comment on their uses and to imagine unknown uses. The exhibition contains 23 projects by 33 visual artists from around the world including Hans Haacke, Antonio Muntadas, Edward Poitras, Lisa Jevbratt, and Thomson & Craighead, working in all media, from wooden sculpture to interactive mobile phone-generated field guides.

Giddy-Up
June 5 - August 15, 2004
In Giddy-Up!, Andrew Hunter tells the story of a young boy, Andy, from Southern Ontario who yearns to visit Banff, to ride the trails, sleep under the stars, and be a "real" cowboy.

Quoting Commercialism
February 16 - March 31, 2002
Quoting Commercialism endeavours to reveal how, and to what extent, four artists from different cultural backgrounds construct their individual personas and exert their identities within a multicultural, consumerist society. Work by Canadian artists inclusde Shinobu Akimoto (Toronto), Greg A. Hill (Ottawa), Mitch Robertson (Toronto) and Jan Wade (Vancouver).
Curator: Chris Reid

Billy's Vision
October 13 - November 25, 2001
Billy's Vision, a fictional narrative merging art and curatorial practice, popular culture, music, and literature, the exhibition tells the tale of a mysterious drifter who first appeared in the 1930s near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
A project by: Andrew Hunter


Beck & Al Hansen: Playing With Matches
August 13 - October 3, 1999
Curator: Wayne Baerwaldt
Organised by Plug In

Language Games
May 15-June 29, 1997
Nancy Paterson, Diller+Scofidio, Beth Stryker, Sawad Brooks, Christa Erickson, Harwood / Mongrel
Curators: Sara Diamond and Catherine Crowston

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