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Courtesy of anonymous artist collection. Photo by Jayda Karsten.

How are studio practices evolving for artists in the 21st century?

Presented as part of NEXT, Contemporary Calgary’s ongoing series in support of emerging practices, NEXT2016 invites artists to investigate the potential of post-studio practices, exploring notions of digital environments, mobility, ideas as artwork, alternative modes of production and dissemination, and how these practices may manifest themselves within an exhibition space.

Thursday, February 16, 6-8 PM | FREE

6PM: ARTIST TALK / JAYDA KARSTEN

Is an artist’s collection of non-art objects also part of their art practice? Artist, curator and collector Jayda Karsten is interested in analyzing the intersections found within her multifaceted practice, considering why artists collect, the objects they choose and how those objects contribute to or inform the artwork they make.  First, by analyzing her own collections (autoethnography) and then looking at other artists’ collections (ethnography), her resulting exhibition will be a summary of her qualitative research findings.

Jayda Karsten is a Calgary-based artist who recently obtained her BFA with distinction from the Alberta College of Art + Design. Karsten’s work has been shown in multiple community based group exhibitions such as Demo Tape (2015), Phantom Wing (2013) and WSKEO #100 (2012). Her interdisciplinary practice also includes several curated exhibitions such as; University Elementary School’s Public Art Proposals for Central Public Library (2015), Neon: Audio Visual (2014) and Similar But Different (2013). Her practice has benefited from residencies at University Elementary School (2015) and The Banff Centre (2014).  

7PM: PERFORMANCE / LINDSAY SORELL

Join us in Lindsay Sorell’s exhibition, Studies in Healing, in the Top Gallery North at 7pm for a special collaboration between an upright bass player and a dancer.

Lindsay Sorell will exhibit new paintings in collaboration with a few classical musicians. Based on her ideas that 1) the term “contemporary” doesn’t exist, 2) the “studio” is something made-up, and 3) hobby artists, professional artists, and artists that don’t know they’re artists, are all equally legitimate, Sorell proposes the “studio” as just a word to describe socioeconomic niche – the variables that have determined whether your studio needs to fit on a bike, and whether or not your work needs to be inflatable to fill an exhibition space.

Lindsay Sorell is an artist, writer, and editor in Calgary, Alberta. With a special interest in relationships, art ethics, and the implications of digital media, she has participated in numerous residencies, exhibitions, and lecture series across North America. Recently, Lindsay hired an actor to attend an art show and enjoy himself in Minnesota, and hosted a speaking series of advanced Toastmasters titled Inspirational Speeches. She is the editor of Luma Quarterly and founder of the fake gallery, The Toronto Gallery of Calgary.