TO|FROM BC ELECTRIC RAILWAY 100 YEARS
Raymond Boisjoly | Stan Douglas | Ali Kazimi | Vanessa Kwan | Evan Lee | Cindy Mochizuki
September 15 – November 10, 2012
Opening Reception: Friday, September 14, 2012, 8-10pm
Centre A is pleased to present TO|FROM BC ELECTRIC RAILWAY 100 YEARS, a group exhibition celebrating the historic BC Electric Railway (BCER) building’s centennial anniversary, the current home of Centre A. Sitting below the six-story Second Empire Renaissance styled building, the early 1900s saw the BCER terminal blossom into a bustling interurban railway station. Addressing the building’s importance to the collective memory of Vancouver, six contemporary artists, Raymond Boisjoly, Stan Douglas, Ali Kazimi, Vanessa Kwan, Evan Lee and Cindy Mochizuki will draw on the site and the neighborhood’s expansive history to consider the building’s significance as a cosmopolitan centre for new immigrants.
TO|FROM BC ELECTRIC RAILWAY 100 is co-curated by Makiko Hara, Curator at Centre A, and Annabel Vaughan, Principal of the design firm publicLAB RESEARCH + DESIGN. Hara and Vaughan will give a public walking tour of the BC Electric Railway building on Saturday, September 15 from 2 to 5pm.
PUBLIC PROGRAMS at CENTRE A
WALKING TOUR
Saturday September 15: 2-5pm
Curators walking tour with Makiko Hara and Annabel Vaughan
Refreshments will be served after the tour
Maximum 30 people
Please reserve your spot and RSVP to carmen.lam@centrea.org
Free
Friday, September 28 and Saturday, September 29: 2-3pm
A walking tour by Gallery Docents
Part of Culture Days in Canada
Maximum 30 people per tour
Please reserve your spot with specified date to carmen.lam@centrea.org
Free
FILM SCREENINGS
Saturday, October 20: 4pm-7pm
Continuous Journey (2004) by Ali Kazimi
83 mins
Artists conversation to follow with Ali Kazimi and Evan Lee, moderated by Haema Sivanesan
Ticketed event, please see website for more details.
Saturday, November 3: 5:30pm-7:30pm
Interurban: An evening of archival films and stories with Colin Browne, Professor, SFU School of Contemporary Arts
Free
PANEL DISCUSSION, CATALOGUE LAUNCH AND CLOSING PARTY
Saturday November 10
2-5pm: Panel discussion with Raymond Boisjoly, Vanessa Kwan and Cindy Mochizuki, moderated by Ashok Mathur
Followed by catalogue launch and closing party
Free
To view full details of our public programs and the artists, please visit our website: www.centre.org.
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ABOUT CENTRE A
Established in 1999, Centre A (Vancouver International Centre for Contemporary Asian Art) is the only public art gallery in Canada dedicated to contemporary Asian art. Centre A makes a significant contribution to Vancouver’s cultural landscape by contributing to the cultural infrastructure of the city, and foregrounding a range of diverse contemporary artistic practices. Centre A commissions and curates exhibitions, performance art projects, symposia, occasional residencies, publications and educational programs that contextualize the work of Asian-Canadian artists within a larger national and international context. We also bring the work of leading international artists to Vancouver, encouraging an exchange of ideas and promoting a wide awareness of contemporary cultural practices from Asia and its diasporas.
Acknowledgements:
Sincere thanks to our donors, The Audain Foundation for the Visual Arts and The Leon and Thea Koerner Foundation, and to our circle of support: Jan and Mark Ballard, Elsie Jang, Joanne Louie Mah and Hugh Mah and The Michael O’Brian Family Foundation.
Centre A gratefully acknowledges the support of all its patrons, sponsors, members, volunteers, partners, private foundations, and government funding agencies – the Canada Council for the Arts, the British Columbia Arts Council, BC Community Gaming Grants and the City of Vancouver through the Office of Cultural Affairs.