Artist Talk: Farheen HaQ

The Blackwood Gallery is pleased to present an artist talk by Farheen Haq.







Farheen HAQ's videos were recently shown on the Image Bar in the CCIT main space as part of Image Bar Rotation (13 - 21 December, 2005 & 4 - 9 January, 2006). The Blackwood Gallery invites you to a discussion on Farheen's art practice by the artist herself.

Friday, January 27th, 10am
CCIT building, UTM, Room 0150 - Studio Theatre


Article on the exhibition in the UTM Student Paper "Medium": http://
www.mediumonline.ca/news/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=70&Itemid=9

Biography:

Farheen HAQ is a Muslim Canadian who probes at questions of identity and cultural difference through her visual art practice. Working primarily with photo, performance and video installation, she uses the tools and equipment of mass media to bring viewers into her socially and politically relevant work that explores ideas of cultural inscriptions, the body, gender and language. She has exhibited widely across North America, including New York, Los Angeles, Toronto and Vancouver. Farheen lives in Victoria, BC.

In Feed @ Blackwood

Get excited about video and film...
come out to the 2nd In Feed @ Blackwood film and video screening!

Video by: Bret Battey, Chris McCarroll, Jennifer Porter, Alison Kobayashi, Sarah Knobel, Rory Leydier, Aubrey Reeves, Jennifer Matotek















image courtesy of Sarah Knobel

WHAT: In Feed @ Blackwood: film and video screening
WHEN: 7:15 pm, Wednesday, January 25, 2006
WHERE: Image Bar, CCIT building atrium on the ground floor, University of Toronto at Mississauga, Free parking after 7pm
COST: FREE
WHO: Co-presented with the Mississauga Art Council's Community of Young Artists

Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay & Cooper Battersby

as part of Image Bar Rotation

Benny Nemerofsky Ramsay & Cooper Battersby
TOGETHER AT LAST
6 mins / Digital Video / 2004

On view 9 - 19 January, 2006 on the Image Bar
Concurrently showing with Point of View: An Anthology of the Moving Image














Originally commissioned by the 640 480 Collective (www.640480.com), the collaborative efforts behind TOGETHER AT LAST are worth remark: one artist was given the task of producing a performance for the camera, the other artist had the job of editing. No communication was allowed between the collaborators.

Hypnotic and strikingly beautiful, TOGETHER AT LAST marks the frail boundaries between the what-is and the what-might-be.

www.bennybenny.ca
www.dukeandbattersby.com

Point of View: An Anthology of The Moving Image

On view 9 - 19 January, 2006 on the Image Bar
Concurrently showing with TOGETHER AT LAST

Anri Sala Time After Time, (5:22mins / 2003)
Interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist

Gary Hill Blind Spot, (12:27mins / 2003)
Interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist

David Claerbout, Le Moment (2:44mins / 2003)
Interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist

Isaac Julien, Encore (4:38mins / 2003)
Interview with Dan Cameron

Pierre Huyghe, I JEDI (5mins / 2003)
Interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist

For more information visit: www.newmuseum.org/more_exh_pov.php

Farheen HaQ

as part of Image Bar Rotation

3 videos by Farheen HaQ

(un)covering (5 min 3 sec / digital video / 2002)
Adrift (4 mins / digital video / 2005)
Purity is Half the Faith (1 min 33 sec / digital video / 2003)

13 - 21 December, 2005, Closed for holidays between 22 Dec & 3 January resumes 4 - 9 January, 2006















Artist Statement:

In (un)covering, Adrift, and Purity is Half the Faith,HaQ investigates the meaning of ritual and gesture in her life. By recording intimate gestures and placing them on the screen, the viewer (and the artist herself) can re-examine the layers of meaning behind everyday gestures such as covering, uncovering and washing. In (un)covering, HaQ is concerned with ideas of representation. Her gaze meets the viewer's in a direct way and her slow-motion covering and uncovering is an endless loop of changing meaning and representation of a woman's body.

Adrift is a lyrical, dream-like narrative of a woman's journey from the external world into a deeper internal space.

Purity is Half the Faith examines notions of purity and the mechanics of ritual. These videos examine the cultural inscriptions of the artist's subjectivity. With her work, HaQ re-examines and asks questions, hoping the viewer will do the same.

Farheen HaQ’s art is an investigation into the ephemeral quality of culture and the dynamic flux of identity. Using the language of mass media she contextualizes her explorations for the consideration of large audiences. The work does not aim to solve or resolve issues but rather to raise questions and heighten sensitivity.

Biography:

Farheen HaQ is a Muslim Canadian who is interested in asking questions through her visual art practice. Working primarily with photo, performance and video installation, she uses the tools and equipment of mass media to bring viewers into her socially and politically relevant work that explores ideas of cultural inscriptions, the body, gender and language. She has exhibited widely across North America, including New York, Los Angeles, Toronto and Vancouver. Farheen lives in Victoria, BC.

http://www.farheenhaq.com/

ARTIST TALK with FARHEEN HaQ

Friday, January 27th 10am
CCIT building, UTM (room # tba)
Free, all welcome

Article on the exhibition: http://www.mediumonline.ca/news/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=70&Itemid=9

In Feed @ Blackwood

Video and Film Screening

co-presented with the Mississauga Art Council's Community of Young Artists

Wed, January 25th, 2006 7pm start time
On the Image Bar, CCIT Building, UTM

Free parking in lots 2,4,8,9 after 7pm