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Lyndl Hall, "Navigation 2: Sundial," pencil on paper, 2011, 22” X 30”.

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Lyndl Hall, "Navigation 2: Sundial," pencil on paper, 2011, 22” X 30”.

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LYNDL HALL: On Fixing Position

June 1 to 24, Burnaby Art Gallery

By Janet Nicol

What does the simple act of drawing a line mean? This is the question Vancouver artist Lyndl Hall explores in her new series. “I wanted to look at drawing and lines and how they order the world we live in,” she says. Connecting navigational lines with the history of mapping, Hall illustrates how the action of drawing is a method of “controlling spaces”, reflected in the colonization of a place. In On Fixing Position, two intersecting low-lying walls represent lines of longitude and latitude. Hall says the intent is to carve up the architectural space of the gallery to create new areas, boundaries and experiences for viewers to move through — including outdoor gallery space. She says viewers experience “how lines control a body by creating boundaries that directly shape us.” Three small sculptures — a sextant, compass and sundial — are represented in a stylized and minimalist form, and suggest a connection to navigational lines. And she includes a looping video of a garden scene in colonial South Africa. “I’m interested in how the cultivation of the garden is akin to the ordering and categorization of navigational grids,” she says.