Save the date, the Satellite gallery is opening October 23rd, 2010. When I first read about the construction club Five Sixty over a year ago, a larger than life party space complimented with an arts space on the top floor, I’ll admit I was skeptical, it sounded perhaps too good to be true. To see it finally opening a year later, I am pleasantly surprised and excited. With the closure of the Belkin’s old satellite gallery in 2003, a space which facilitated numerous learning opportunities for UBC students, I’m sure many students will look forward to working with this space.
With gracious funding from the Michael O’Brian Family Foundation, the Satellite gallery will be shared with the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, The Museum of Anthropology, Presentation House Gallery, and Blanket Contemporary Inc. This will be an interesting shared space, which will allow patrons, students, and art critics alike the chance to explore a variety of institutional and artistic practices. As a student who has worked in both museums and commercial galleries, it will be interesting to see how museum and gallery practice is articulated in the same space. This will be an especially exciting opportunity for UBC students, as the Satellite space will allow students the opportunity to exhibit new projects and directly interact with Vancouver’s public.
The party kicks off at 6 p.m, and runs till about 9:00. There will be few things to check out at the opening. Glenn Lewis’ video installation 4 Intersections, will be on display, which is part of Presentation House Gallery’s ongoing exhibition Flakey: The Early Works of Glenn Lewis. As well, Victoria-based artist Peter Morin will be in house to perform Petroglyphs. Using a button blanket and new petroglyphs, Morin explores the relationships between traditional knowledge, community, and the urban space. Blanket is also opening their latest exhibition Crisis Line, works by Matthias Dornfeld. Donfeld with paper and canvas, explores non realistic landscapes and the magical using saturated, dramatic colours and techniques. In all, it looks like an event that shouldn’t be missed!
Satellite Gallery Opening
Saturday October 23, 2010
560 Seymour St.
6:00-9:00 p.m.