Thursday, November 10, 2011

The Sugarcane Labyrinth Film

The Sugarcane Labyrinth will premier as part of the exhibition Preternatural, curated by Celina Jefferey at The Canadian Museum of Nature in Ottawa. December 9, 2011, to February 12, 2012.



Exhibition catalogue is available for purchase from Puntum Books December 2011.





The Sugarcane Labyrinth by Anne Katrine Senstad

Soundtrack composed and performed by JG Thirwell as both 4:1 surround sound and stereo versions. 


A short film about the making and experience of The Sugarcane Labyrinth located in Theriot, Louisiana. The Sugarcane Labyrinth is a 1,4 acre Time, Site and Process specific Agricultural Land Practice piece created through 2009. The piece was made in collaboration with sugarcane farmer Ronnie Waguespack, Triple K & M Farms - Thibodaux and agricultural economist Alexandre Vialou.


11.22 min
HD Video


Funded by : Norwegian Visual Artists Remuneration Fund/Billedkunstnernes Vederlagsfond 
©annekatrinesenstad 2011


Preternatural

Curated by Celina Jeffery
Dec. 9th, 2011 to Feb. 17th, 2012, Ottawa, Ontario

The Museum of Nature:
9th Dec., 2011 to 12th Feb., 2012
Marie-Jeanne Musiol, Mariele Neudecker, Anne Katrine Senstad, Sarah Walko and Andrew Wright

St. Brigid’s Centre for the Arts:
Adrian Göllner, 10th-17th Dec., 2011
Avantika Bawa, 7th-19th Jan., 2012
Anne Katrine Senstad, 29th Jan. – 17th Feb. 2012

Patrick Mikhail Gallery:
Shin Il Kim, 4th Jan. – 7th Feb., 2012


The natural, unnatural and supernatural collide in an exhibition of contemporary art that will be launched at the Canadian Museum of Nature on 9 December. Preternatural will span three venues over three months and include artists from Ottawa, Hull, UK/Germany, USA, Norway, India and Korea.

Une série d’expositions qui prend pour objet l’en delà du monde naturel sera inaugurée le 9 décembre 2011 au Musée canadien de la nature à Ottawa. Préternaturel se déploiera dans trois lieux en plusieurs temps et présentera des artistes d’Ottawa, de Gatineau, du Royaume-Uni/Allemagne, des États-Unis, de la Norvège, de l’Inde et de la Corée.



Talks and Catalogue:

Talks with the artists and curator Celina Jeffery are planned throughout the course of the exhibition, full details will be available from the website www.preternatural.ca.

An accompanying catalogue will be published by publisher punctum books and will feature essays by curator Dr. Celina Jeffery and philosopher Levi R. Bryant.

Des discussions avec les artistes et la commissaire sont prévues pendant la durée de l’événement et les détails seront affichés sur le site web www.preternatural.ca. Le catalogue de l'exposition sera publié sur demande par l’éditeur punctum (punctumbooks.com) et comprendra des textes de la commissaire Dr. Celina Jeffery et du philosophe Levi R. Bryant