You are cordially invite to the opening of the upcoming exhibition of new work from artist Bruce Emmett at the West Vancouver Museum.
The Mill Project
Date: May 9 – June 16, 2012
Opening Reception: May 8th from 7pm
Artist Talk: June 9th from 1:30pm
Location: West Vancouver Museum, 680 17th Street, West Vancouver
Bruce Emmett explores a single site in West Vancouver that contains three unique histories: the Vedder River Shingle Mill, West Vancouver High school and the Inglewood “Mil” Skatepark, the first skateboard park constructed in Canada in 1977, and subsequently buried underneath five feet of soil and rock in 1984. The rationale for Emmett’s Emily Carr University of Art and Design thesis project is embodied in this subterranean artifact: an investigation of subcultural identity, an exploration of local history and heritage, and debate around public and private space.
The Mill project asks: what happens to the histories and mythologies of a place when meaning is subverted, and new meanings are superimposed on top of existing ones?
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Guest curated by Alyssa Schwann of Atelier Anonymous.