Diane Borsato: The Moon Is Often Referred To As A Dead, Barren World, But I Think This Is Not Necessarily The Case

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Diane Borsato, "The Moon Is Often Referred To As A Dead, Barren World, But I Think This Is Not Necessarily The Case," nd

Diane Borsato

The Moon Is Often Referred To As A Dead, Barren World, But I Think This Is Not Necessarily The Case

Saturday, March 25, 6-8pm, free

B.C. Binning Gallery

The Contemporary Art Gallery presents a special one night installation by Toronto-based artist Diane Borsato.

Evolving from a research visit to Vancouver in summer 2016 as part of our Burrard Marina Field House Studio Residency Program, Borsato will work with members of the Japanese flower arranging (Ikebana) community in Vancouver to develop The Moon Is Often Referred To As a Dead, Barren World, But I Think This Is Not Necessarily The Case. Typical of her practice, Borsato often works with amateurs and experts - mycologists, astronomers, beekeepers - to examine social and sensorial modes of knowing.

Having practised and researched Sogetsu Ikebana for several years, Borsato titles the installation from a statement made by the modern sculptor and Sogetsu founder Teshigahara Sofu in Kadensho: Book of Flowers. Ideas found in the publication, in which he imagines making arrangements in another, very different world, will be echoed in the event itself.

For the project, Borsato has invited several Ikebana masters and novices to participate in a collaborative workshop leading toward a final work. The practitioners will use seasonal materials, along with objects, supplies and the space of the gallery building itself to provide a conceptual framework for materializing a dialogue between the worlds of Ikebana – often a highly technical, rule-based, traditional cultural practice - and contemporary art, with its own unmistakable tropes and cultural specificities.

With the collaboration of Judie Glick, Kuniko Yamamoto, Naomi Sawada and Anne Morrell Robinson.

The project is generously supported by The Vancouver Foundation.

With thanks to Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, Canada Council for the Arts and Toronto Arts Council.

Diane Borsato has established an international reputation for her social and interventionist practices, performance, video, photography, and sculpture. She was twice nominated for the Sobey Art Award and was winner of the Victor Martyn-Lynch Staunton Award for her work in the Inter-Arts catergory from the Canada Council for the Arts. She has exhibited and performed at major Canadian institutions including the Art Gallery of Ontario, The Power Plant, the Art Gallery of York University, MOCCA (Toronto), the Vancouver Art Gallery, the National Art Centre (Ottawa), and in galleries and museums in the US, France, Mexico, Taiwan and Japan.