Sandra Vida: Fall/Flow

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Sandra Vida, "FALL/FLOW," 2018

Opening Friday, June 1, 7 to 10 PM (refreshments will be served)

Sandra Vida’s new video installation FALL/FLOW grows out of a previous series of works in which the artist explored life’s thresholds, transitions, and passages. This new work continues the idea of integrating the viewer within the video image, conjuring up the experience of immersion in the natural world. Viewers pass through layered screens alive with softly descending images that invoke the tranquility and fragility of the element of water. A range of metaphorical associations are awakened and welcomed in a subtle way through faintly seen text incorporated throughout the changing montage of imagery. Evocative sound suggests human voices expressing emotional longing and spiritual promise.

Born in Calgary, Sandra Vida is of Scottish Celtic background. Her work over the past three decades has included photo-based collage, performance, film, video and installation; works have been exhibited to acclaim locally, regionally and internationally. She has recently focused on multi-media installation that includes aspects of sculpture, sound, video projection, and digital collage. In addition to her art practice, she is known for her dedication to other artists through Calgary’s artist-run centres and as an advocate for the arts and arts groups.