Colette Whiten: Seducing the Receiver
Organized by Oakville Galleries. January 17, 1998 to February 15, 1998, at Central Gallery.
Additional Information
Other associated events: Film screening, Manufacturing Consent Monday, January 19, 7:00 pm, Regina Public Library Film Theatre Free admission. Reception to follow in the gallery.
In this body of work, Colette Whiten marks a departure from her embroidered works by rendering her images in glass beads. These works use black and white newspaper photographs and text as their source. By using newspaper images as a source, Whiten questions how we experience the media in our day-to-day routines. Do we accept or reject what the media sends us? How far does it sway our thinking? How do we integrate this into our own experience? Prompted by news events such as the Paul Bernardo murder trial, Whiten articulates how reports of news events can operate as a kind of anaesthetic, positioning the viewer as a passive receiver of information. Seducing the Receiver challenges viewers to form their own personal impressions and constructions of meaning from the mass media's representations. Toured and presented with the financial assistance of The Canada Council for the Arts.
Publication: Colette Whiten: Seducing The Receiver
Is Technology rewriting the Justice System? (detail) 1993/94, black & white beads, flexible tube light, fishing swivels, lead weights Photo: Issac Applebaum
When
1998, Feb 15 1998 - All day
Where
Dunlop Central Gallery,
Interest
Past