+ 15 WINDOW PROJECT SPACE
TAKE A DETOUR ON YOUR WAY
some assembly required
ryan statz
june - july, 2005
Opening Reception: Thursday, June 9th, 2005 @ 8pm
All are welcome. Admission is FREE. The +15 Window Project is located in the EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts +15 pedestrian walkway. 235 - 9th Ave. S.E.
Artist Statement:
In 1998, I became interested in proxemics and began using within my art practice. There are four distances associated with proxemics - Public (25’ - 10’), Social (10’ - 6’), Personal (6’ - 1.5’) and Intimate (1.5’ - contact). I focus on the intimate distance, as I believe the creation and observation of art to be an intimate process. I feel that large-scale work tends to push the viewer back, consequently forcing the viewer to engage the work on a social (and sometimes public) level. My goal is to invite the viewer in, allowing whomever it is to engage the work intimately. While the subject matter changes from time to time, my work has always been about relationships. The relationships I address are, primarily, between the viewer and the work, but also the formal relationships in art (positive/negative space and colour) and the relationship one has with everyday life.
- Ryan Statz
For more information about the +15 Window Project Space Submissions or Programming, contact the gallery.
TRUCK Main Space:
BEYOND THE SCOPE - Scott Carruthers
