As part of HRM's Open Projects initiative, artist Aimée Brown will be activating Point Pleasant Park over the next several months through in-park performances, outdoor installations and printed matter projects, ultimately creating a body of work addressing themes of survival.
As a location that has survived extreme weather phenomena, Point Pleasant Park is an ideal microcosm for wilderness survival practice. Aimée Brown’s works will be presented as publicly accessible installations, performances, and open studio sessions at the Park Lodge, at intervals throughout the project’s duration. Some of the performances will take place without prior publicity, accepting the park’s regular users as audience, whereas other performances would be advertised and promoted in advance, inviting new user groups to the park who may not feel an immediate sense of ownership or normally identify with this public space, bringing a new public to the park.
Aimée has created a blog to chronicle her research and project development nd to post pertinent information regarding public performances and events associated with the project. Please visit the link below: http://www.thegatekeeperslodge.blogspot.com/
Open Projects is an annual initiative that solicits artist-led public realm proposals for site-specific work. This program is aimed at encouraging artists to assess the physical, conceptual and contextual opportunities of their environments and to propose work that responds specifically to those opportunities through critical, aesthetic, formal and other means. A call for submissions for Open Projects 2011 will be released in February.
For more information contact Jamie MacLellan, Cultural Affairs, tel: (902) 490-1039
or fax: (902) 490-5950.
