This two-part exhibition explored noise. Usually thought of as undesirable, disruptive, or unpleasant sound, when presented on its own, especially for the purpose of listening, noise becomes an aesthetic experience in its own right. Toronto artist Daniel Olson, who has for a number of years explored the quirky nature of found noise-making toys and unorthodox instruments, presented three works involving noise-making: a new video-installation, a multi-object sculpture with video, and a performance of the "Artists' Marching Band" on opening night.
Sep 08, 1999 – Oct 01, 1999
Past
Noisemakers
Daniel Olson, Marla Hlady, Lewis deSoto, Colette Urban
Exhibition Catalogue
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- Curator
- Barbara Fischer
Barbara Fischer was the first curator of the Blackwood Gallery, from 1999–2008. She is currently Executive Director/Chief Curator of The Art Museum at the University of Toronto, as well as an Associate Professor, Teaching Stream and the Director of the Master of Visual Studies program in Curatorial Studies at the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape, and Design at the University of Toronto. Fischer has curated award-winning solo and group exhibitions in the area of contemporary art and its histories, including the internationally circulating retrospective exhibition General Idea Editions 1967-1995 (Kunstverein Munich, Kunsthalle Zurich, Kunst-Werke ICA Berlin, CAAC Seville, Henry Art Gallery Seattle, and the Andy Warhol Museum Pittsburgh, among others), and Projections (2007), the first major survey (and touring exhibition) on projection-based works in the history of contemporary art in Canada.
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