RITUALIZ’D
Exhibition
20 May - 26 June 2010
Opening Reception + Performances
Thursday 20 May, 7;30PM sharp!
Panel Discussion
Thursday 24 June, 7:30PM
PLATFORM centre for photographic + digital arts is pleased to present the exhibition, Ritualiz’d, featuring Winnipeg-based artists: Leah Decter, Michael Dudeck, and Freya Bjorg Olafson.
Curated by J.J. Kegan McFadden, this coming together of voices is meant to comment on aspects of the past, present, and future of ritual, its place in contemporary society, and what role, if any, the photographic and digital arts play in its presentation and understanding.
LEAH DECTER is an interdisciplinary artist currently living in Winnipeg, Canada. With a background in installation and sculpture her practice has evolved to include video, photography, public intervention and performance. Incorporating cultural and personal iconography, elements of the everyday, and the considered use of a wide vocabulary of materials as integral conceptual components, Decter’s work is rooted in intersections of human experience and social/political issues. She has exhibited widely in Canada, most recently at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, and her recent work has exhibiting in the US and toured internationally. She is currently working on several ongoing projects that explore the complexities of human relationships with place through a lens of the contemporary and historical and is undertaking an MFA in New Media at Transart Institute in Linz, Austria. <www.leahdecter.com>
MICHAEL DUDECK is an interdisciplinary multimedia artist and shaman whose works deal with the complicated relationship between humans and nature with undercurrents of gender, identity, and sexuality. His work has been included in School for Young Shamans, curated by AA Bronson for John Connelly Presents (New York City); and in February 2009, Dudeck’s Parthenogenesis [a solo exhibition with accompanying artist book] was simultaneously presented by Pari Nadimi Gallery and Art Metropole in Toronto. <www.michaeldudeck.com>
FREYA BJÖRG OLAFSON is an interdisciplinary artist who works with video, audio, and performance. Her work has been presented and exhibited nationally as well as internationally. Over the last year Olafson created a new performance, AVATAR, which was debuted at the nuna (now) festival in 2009. She combines her finesse in movement with the directness of her performance art, video and theoretical studies from the University of Manitoba School of Art and her subsequent completion of a Master of Fine Arts Degree in New Media from the Transart Institute / Donau Universitat in Krems, Austria.<www.freyaolafson.com>
