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Art Bus Excursion: Plant Signals with Lisa Myers

A program of:
Earthwork

Saturday, October 11
12pm–4:30pm
University of Toronto Art Centre & Stong House
15 King’s College Circle

Itinerary:
12pm – Meet at the Art Museum’s University of Toronto Art Centre for a tour of Lisa Myers’s installation in Earthwork
12:45 pm – Bus to Stong House (with snacks during the journey)
1:30 pm – Sensory Walk in the surrounding area and guided walkthrough of Stong House 
3:30pm – Return to the Art Museum  

Join artist, curator, and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University, Lisa Myers, along with plant survey research collective: Lou Holloway, Ever Palma Hernandez and Tiva Kawakami for a thought-provoking offsite excursion presented in conjunction with the exhibition Earthwork.
Climb aboard for a trip to the Stong House—once a stately settler homestead, now a rogue Indigenous-led artist-run node tucked within York University’s campus grid. There, as you walk the creaking floorboards and hear the whispering leaves in the surrounding foliage, you’ll trace plant frequencies through sensory walks and an exhibition born from summer plant survey projects. Part of the exhibition links to a hulking concrete artwork just miles north, pulsing strange, slow signals that seem to sync there at the Stong. Stories bloom. Systems speak. Want to come and listen?
Whether you’re an art lover, environmentalist, or curious wanderer, this program offers a unique opportunity to connect with the land and nature in a meaningful way.
Please note: This event is currently sold-out. Join the waitlist on Eventbrite.

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About the Artist
Lisa Myers is a curator and artist keen on interdisciplinary collaboration and focuses on various media and materials including video, audio, printmaking, digital arts and socially engaged art approaches. Through her practice, she considers place, underrepresented histories/present/futures, and collective forms of knowledge exchange. As an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University, Myers holds a York Research Chair in Indigenous Art and Curatorial Practice and is the coordinator of the Environmental Arts and Justice program. Myers is an off reserve and proud member of Beausoleil First Nation and is based in both Toronto and Port Severn, ON. 

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Image courtesy of the artist.

 

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