MACROMEA by Alana Biffert + Marta Gorski

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Alana Biffert + Marta Gorski, "Macromea," 2018

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Opening Reception: Thursday, February 1st, from 7 – 10pm

Artist Talk by Marta Gorski will take place at 7:30 pm

Macromea – a multi-media installation (glass + photography + printmaking) - offers an exploration into how we, as a society, allow others to view us, what our true nature is both collectively and individually, and when and where we open ourselves to others.

As the artists explain: “… frequently, we offer a perspective of ourselves that is a manufactured version of how we imagine others see us. We allow others to view us through strategically placed lenses: to demonstrate our charisma, our sexuality, our strengths and weaknesses. These offer a satisfying view but, in fact, are a barrier dividing the viewer from the reality of who we are. Rare viewers, who invest deeper and are willing to explore the spaces in between, will see vulnerability unavailable to most. This work is about interacting with each other in the most intimate context …”

Marta Gorski is a Canadian-born glass and installation artist, currently living in Oakland, California. Marta holds a Master of Business Administration from the Hult International Business School in San Francisco and a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Glass from the Alberta College of Art + Design in Calgary. Currently, she is building a consulting business that supports international artists with operations management and continues to create concept driven installations that explore themes of empathy and humankind.

Alana Biffert is a Canadian-born artist, who was raised in Malta. She holds a Bachelor in Fine Arts in Glass from the Alberta College of Art + Design in Calgary, where she currently teaches glass studies. Alana has worked as an instructor, studio glass blower and technician at Red Deer College and in several studios during her travel to Australia and New Zealand. Biffert focuses her creative energy on concept driven, large-scale installations; her works surround the permanent impressions left by personal and intimate interactions with others. In 2017, Marta Gorski and Alana Biffert collaborated with a group of engineers, new media artists, and scientists to create an interactive public art work for Beakerhead Festival in Calgary.