Tammy McGrath - Adagio in G Minor: A Lullaby

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Tammy McGrath, "Adagio in G Minor: A Lullaby," nd

Exhibition runs May 26 — June 24

Opening reception May 26, 8pm Admission is free and all are welcome.

Adagio in G Minor: A Lullaby, is a sound and object installation based on the deaccessioning of a dodo bird carcass (thought to be one of the first documented artifact ever to be discarded by a museum) and the censorship of books. The dodo consumes books to protect them from destruction, while searching for her own story among the pages.

One of the key components to the installation is a long scroll of paper that I have typed using the typewriter that is present in the exhibition. The words outline books that have been censored throughout history. Because the old Remington typewriter I own has a few keys that don’t work, the text is legible in most places but not all – the typewriter randomly censors my own text as I create it.

Biographies:

Tammy McGrath holds a BFA in Painting from the Alberta College of Art and Design and an MFA in Intermedia from the University of Regina. She has written for local and national publications and co-created two Calgary festivals - Mountain Standard Time Performative Art Festival and Soundasaurus: Multimedia Sound Art Festival. McGrath has a diverse art practice that includes installation, performance, painting and drawing. Over the past fifteen years the focus of her artwork has been access to knowledge and retained/erased histories.

Tomas Jonsson is an artist, curator, and writer interested in issues of social agency in processes of urban growth and transformation. He has curated, presented, and performed work in Canada and internationally, including Artscape Gibraltar Point (Toronto), Suvilahti (Helsinki), and MoKS (Mooste, Estonia).