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| - I went to the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery on its 2015 fall opening party night (Sept. 26), and was I blown away. The 2015 Season showcases three solo exhibitions by renowned artists Dora Garcia (Spain), Carlos Amorales (Mexico) and Mark Lewis (Canada)
5 reasons why you should abandon your plans for tonight and head over (warning: I am going to go all literature-geek in the next paragraphs)
1. If you are a James-Joyce-aspiring-aficionado or a literature buff who regards the day you understand Finnegan's Wake as the pinnacle of your life, you need to SPRINT over to this exhibition. I was basically giggling like a kid in a candy shop the whole time I was in Dona Garcia's exhibition. The theme of her exhibit is "exile" and "alienation"- the very conditions of the modern day man. There are 3 art pieces, each on one table, titled "Extrasensory Perception", "Exhaustion of Books" and "Exile?". A looping film featuring the Zurich Jaymes Joyce reading club is projected on the wall. Did you know that this reading club takes 11 YEARS to read through Finnegan's Wake once? They stop and discuss every time they reach a sentence or word that is confusing (which for Joyce, is basically every other word). This really made me rethink how I personally regard literature. Am I reading for content, historical backdrop, thorough understanding, or for efficiency? Haven't really resolved this paradox yet, but this exhibition really got me pondering.
2. It's free, enough said.
3. Perfect venue for people watching. I haven't seen such a well-dressed group of people all concentrated in one building in so long. The demographics that were at the art gallery were around the 30-50 year old range. My 17 year old brother definitely felt out of place, but still had a good time.
4. Mark Lewis exhibit is fun if you know Toronto's streets well. His filmography showcases a lot of Toronto's most famous brutalistic buildings, think Robarts Library at the University of Toronto and the Toronto Dominion Bank Towers. Once again, his work touches upon the alienation paradox, where we live in world that is increasingly globalized and populated, yet we feel more ostracized from each other than ever. His work really reminded me of T.S. Eliot's poem The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock.
5. The Harbourfront Centre does a good job of ensuring the exhibits are also complemented with community engagement programming. For instance, the centre is featuring a reading of Finnegan's Wake in the style of the Zurich Jaymes Joyce Reading Club with Dona Garcia this week. Literature galore, I love it.
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