Last summer, Tara Cooper participated
in a residency at Landfall Trust in Brigus, Newfoundland (http://www.landfalltrust.org/).
During a 3-week stay, she researched the history of the area and took note of
the weather. She watched an iceberg slowly dissolve in the bay, learned about
Captain Bob Bartlett, who was an arctic explorer that once brought a polar bear
home to Brigus and met Ray, the caretaker of Landfall, who told stories about
his grandfather – a whaler that lost his life in an explosion at sea. Made in
collaboration with Terry O’Neill, God Love Brigus compiles these
experiences into a floating raft that mixes sculpture, print, photography and
text.
Cooper draws from meteorology and creative
non-fiction, resulting in projects housed under the moniker Weather Girl. She
received her MFA from Cornell University, specializing in the disciplines of
print, short film and installation. Recent accomplishments include residencies
at Anderson Ranch Art Center, The Wassaic Project and Landfall Trust, as well
as arts council grants from Ontario and Canada. Her exhibition record spans
more than a decade, covering local, national and international venues. She is
an Assistant Professor in the Department of Fine Arts at the University of
Waterloo.
Learn more: http://www.taracooper.com/
Jenn Law’s multi-disciplinary practice centres on the artifacts of print culture and our relationship to technology as the means by which we continuously reinvent ourselves. In Means & Ends, Law synergistically engages two technologies that have fundamentally shaped our understanding of the world and our place in it – print and horology (the science of time keeping). Focused on the pocket watch and the ink bottle and combining traditional print methods with 3D printing, Law presents a collection of evolving objects transitioning between the past and the future, tradition and invention. Here, apparent endings may become the means for innovation.
