PROGRAMS
SPRING 2010

MARCH

INTERNATIONAL LECTURE SERIES
Ryan Trecartin
Tuesday, 23 March | 7 PM
The Drake Hotel, 1150 Queen Street West
FREE Members, $12 Non-Members

American artist Ryan Trecartin, whose exhibition ‘Any Ever’ will soon be on view at The Power Plant, discusses his acclaimed video practice in conversation with curators Helena Reckitt and Jon Davies . Educated at the Rhode Island School of Design and based in Philadelphia, Trecartin has been heralded as the voice of the YouTube generation and one of the most exciting artists to emerge onto the contemporary art scene. Recent solo exhibitions have been held at the Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus (2008), Hammer Museum, Los Angeles (2008) and Kunsthalle Wien (2009). In 2009, Trecartin won the inaugural Jack Wolgin International Competition in the Fine Arts, the world’s most generous juried visual art prize, and was also named New Artist of the Year in the First Annual Art Awards at the Guggenheim Museum, New York.

Co-presented with The Drake Hotel.
(www.thedrakehotel.ca)

International Lecture Series Lead Donor
J. P. Bickell Foundation

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Kathleen Smith
Sunday, 28 March | 2 PM

Kathleen Smith is a Toronto-based writer, curator and filmmaker with an interest in dance, body mechanics, gesture, and performance.

FREE with gallery admission

APRIL

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Mike Hoolboom
Sunday, 4 April | 2 PM

Mike Hoolboom is a Canadian artist working in film and video. He has been involved in the publication of nine books in the past two years.

FREE with gallery admission

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Elaine Gaito
Sunday, 11 April | 2 PM

The Power Plant’s new Head of Development, Elaine Gaito was most recently the Director of Public Programs and Development at the artist-run centre Mercer Union.

FREE with gallery admission

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Erik Rutherford
Sunday, 18 April | 2 PM

Erik Rutherford is a writer based in Toronto. He is also the creator and editor of Ryeberg Curated Video (ryeberg.com).

FREE with gallery admission

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Lydia Perovic
Sunday, 25 April | 2 PM

Lydia Perovic has written for n + 1, C Magazine, One Hour Empire, penDemocracy.org, Books in Canada, Critical Sense, and Social Semiotics.

FREE with gallery admission

MAY

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Rebecca Gimmi
Sunday, 2 May | 2 PM

Rebecca Gimmi is the Operations Manager at the Images Festival. She has been an arts manager for galleries, publications and festivals, and currently sits on the Boards of Gallery TPW and This Magazine.

FREE with gallery admission

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Marie-Agathe Simonetti & Matthew Ryan Smith
Sunday, 9 May | 2 PM

Marie-Agathe Simonetti is a recent graduate from the University of Toronto in Art History. She holds two bachelor degrees, from France, in Art History and Law. Matthew Ryan Smith is a PhD candidate in Art and Visual Culture at the University of Western Ontario. His dissertation addresses confessional art and the politics of disclosure. Both are curatorial interns at The Power Plant. This tour will be bilingual.

FREE with gallery admission

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Sheila Heti & Margaux Williamson
Sunday, 16 May | 2 PM

Sheila Heti is the author of two books of fiction, The Middle Stories and Ticknor, which have been translated and published internationally. She is the creator of the popular Trampoline Hall lecture series. Margaux Williamson is a painter. The New York Times described her recent YouTube video as “a terrific thing to have seen on any screen.”

FREE with gallery admission

INTERNATIONAL LECTURE SERIES
Thomas Hirschhorn
Tuesday, 19 May | 7 PM
Studio Theatre, Harbourfront Centre
FREE Members, $12 Non-Members

The celebrated Swiss artist Thomas Hirschhorn (born in 1957, Bern) discusses his recent Amsterdam-based project, The Bijlmer Spinoza-Festival (2009). Since the 1980s, the Paris-based former graphic designer has evolved a radical sculpture and installation practice that makes monumental works with humble materials like cardboard and packing tape to engage viewers in conversation about philosophy and global politics. Recent solo exhibitions have taken place at the Museo de Arte Contemporaneo de Castilla y Leon, Spain (2006), Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal (2007), Museo Tamayo, Mexico (2008), and the Gladstone Gallery, New York (2009). Hirschhorn has received the Marcel Duchamp Prize (2001) and the Joseph Beuys Prize (2004).

International Lecture Series Lead Donor
J. P. Bickell Foundation

Cultural Agency Supporter
Consulat Général de France à Toronto

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Faisal Anwar
Sunday, 23 May | 2 PM

Faisal Anwar is a digital media artist. He has a diverse background in theatre, film, media, interactive art, and graphic design.

FREE with gallery admission