extratextual

An international exhibition of contemporary art informed by modes of writing

Curated by Lisa Baldissera and Joanne Bristol

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"extratextual" Invitation poster

BOOK LAUNCH: Chris Kraus, After Kathy Acker, Friday, September 15, 5:00 PM

RECEPTION: Friday, September 15, 6:00 PM Curators + Artists in Attendance: FREE 

5:00PM – 6:00PM Book Launch Chris Kraus, After Kathy Acker

 6:00PM – 10:00PM Opening Reception 

6:30 – 6:45PM Opening Remarks Pierre Arpin, Director & CEOLisa Baldissera, Senior Curator

Please join us on Friday, September 15 at 5:00 PM for the Book Launch of Chris Kraus' After Kathy Acker followed by the Opening Reception of extratextual! 

extratextual will be held from September 1, 2017 to January 21, 2018 at Contemporary Calgary. The project explores ways in which modes of writing, as well as concepts of textuality and narrative have informed artistic production. The exhibition will include contemporary and historical projects by artists and writers across disciplines. It looks at ways in which texts have both informed and created their own world- and event-scapes and terms of engagement, and how they shape our understanding of contemporary narrative as well as visual and spatial culture.–

The exhibition is linked to an international symposium on the agencies and futures of art writing. Titled, Never the Same: what (else) can art writing do?  the symposium will take place from September 15 to 17, 2017. Both the symposium and exhibition investigate the places for, and political implications of new and autonomous forms of writing. These forums seek to identify ways in which art writing might enact resistance to forces such as neocolonialism, neoliberal uses of creativity, and art marketing. They also, finally, consider art writing as an ethical practice towards an understanding/in defense of artistic knowledge. 

Never the Same is must for artists, critics and art enthusiasts wishing to expand boundaries of conventional writing. Featuring an extraordinary group of participants, including, Chris Kraus, the prolific and internationally recognized American writer, editor and art critic.