Land|Slide Possible Futures September 21 - October 14, 2013

Canada Pavillion in Shenzhen

LAND|SLIDE: Possible Futures was selected to represent the Canada Pavilion at the Shenzhen-Hong Kong Biennale of Urbanism/Architecture, on display from December 6 2013-February 28 2014.

Curators in Shenzhen:

Janine Marchessault, in collaboration with Yan Wu, Gendai Gallery

Land|Slide artists featured:

Adrian Blackwell and Jane Hutton
Angel Chen
Aron Cohen
Patricio Davila and Dave Colangelo
Christine Davis
Department of Unusual Certainties
Frank Havermans
Phil Hoffman
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Marmin + Borins
Jennie Suddick
Xu Tan

See the photos here. (Photos by Jennie Suddick)

LAND|SLIDE Artist Talks (Jan - Mar 2014)

Presented by Sensorium, Centre for Digital Media and Technology Research

Artists present their creative experiments developed for the LAND|SLIDE: Possible Futures Exhibition (Markham 2013; Hong Kong-Shenzhen Architecture Biennale 2014).

Location:

Future Cinema / AR LAB 303 Goldfarb
York University

Dates and Times:

Thursday January 30, 3:30PM - 5PM
Mark-David Hosale
Department of Unusual Certainties
Blue Republic

Wednesday February 26, 3:30PM - 5PM
Ali Kazimi
Julie Nagam
Caitlin Fisher
Dave Colangelo and Patricio Davila

Wednesday March 19, 3:30PM - 5PM
Phil Hoffman
David Han
Deirdre Logue
Jennie Suddick

Information & Contact: finearts.yorku.ca/sensorium
sensorium@yorku.ca

On behalf of Members of Council and the City of Markham, I am pleased to extend a warm and sincere welcome to Curator Dr. Janine Marchessault and the 35 artists contributing to Land|Slide: Possible Futures, a unique art exhibition exploring themes of multiculturalism, sustainability and community.

As the most culturally diverse municipality in Canada, with its many distinct communities and its goal to be one of North America’s most sustainable communities, the City of Markham is a perfect host location for this exhibition.

I am pleased to be able to invite all Markham residents and visitors to enjoy Land|Slide: Possible Futures at our Markham Museum. The exhibit is a creative and meaningful way to bring people together to talk about our community’s history and future.

I strongly believe that art and culture are the foundation of liveable communities, and play a vital role in the quality of life we enjoy in Markham. I am excited that our community has been selected to host this exhibition, which brings together the past, present and future, and represents Markham’s motto, “Leading While Remembering.”

As Mayor for Markham, I am pleased to show our support for this unique exhibition. We welcome the many guests and extend best wishes to the artists for a successful exhibition.

Sincerely,

Frank Scarpitti

Mayor

On behalf of the Government of Ontario, I am pleased to offer my congratulations to Public Access and the Markham Museum and Historical Village on hosting a dynamic new art exhibition, Land|Slide Possible Futures. As the Minister responsible for culture, I have the privilege of seeing how the arts enrich our quality of life and help to build strong, vibrant communities. The Land|Slide exhibit is helping to make art more accessible by bringing it into the public arena and engaging the community. I know this exhibit will inspire discussion and reflection on a number of important issues facing our world today.

Thank you to the organizers and supporters of Land|Slide for their hard work and dedication to this initiative. I am proud that my ministry has helped to make it possible through the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund. Please accept my best wishes for a wonderful and memorable exhibition.

Yours truly,

Michael Chan

Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport

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Canada Pavillion in Shenzen

LAND|SLIDE Artist Talks (Jan - Mar 2014)

Land|Slide Possible Futures is a groundbreaking large-scale public art exhibition which responds to a world in transition where the past, present and future collide. The landscape of Markham will be transformed by the work of over 30 national and international artists to explore themes of multiculturalism, sustainability, and community.

The site-specific artist projects are housed at the 25-acre, open-air Markham Museum from September 21 to October 14, 2013.

Markham, Ontario is Canada’s fastest growing and most culturally diverse city in one of the most agriculturally rich regions in North America. This, and the Markham Museum’s 80,000 historical artifacts including 30 pioneer buildings from the 1820-1920s, make it a fascinating backdrop for artists to explore some of the most pressing issues facing Canadians today: how to balance ecology and economy, farming and development, history and diversity.

Working with everything from digitized diaries, 3D projections and augmented reality, the artists propose new histories and new futures for the use of land.

Land|Slide brings artists, urban planners, ecologists, educators, civic leaders and the general public together in a unique community engagement initiative that pays homage to the past and imagines possible futures.

Janine Marchessault, Curator and Project Lead

Letter of Greeting from the Honourable Michael Chan, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Sport

Message from Markham Mayor Frank Scarpitti

ARTISTS

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Adrian Blackwell + Jane Hutton
Blue Republic
Angel Chen
Aron Louis Cohen
Patricio Davila + Dave Colangelo
Christine Davis
Department of Unusual Certainties
Duke and Battersby
Ken Gregory
David Han
Frank Havermans
Phil Hoffman
Mark-David Hosale
Terrance Houle
Maria Hupfield
Ali Kazimi
David Kidman
Deirdre Logue
Marman + Borins
Martindale + Myers + MacKinnon
Allyson Mitchell
Julie Nagam
Skyhill Collective
David Harris Smith
Laura St.Pierre
Jennie Suddick
Xu Tan
Jeff Thomas
Tongue & Groove
Camille Turner

BLUE REPUBLIC

Come Ye and Rest a While

Many of the key idioms used in our civilization like society, environment, culture, growth, even happiness, require constant conceptual maintenance, because their meaning migrates, changes all the time. Some of these terms have died, despite the fact that we still use them, because the underlying meaning is no longer valid as a normative or descriptive tool, and realities which they are describing no longer exist. Aninscription on the central wall in an old Baptist church, which hosts Blue Republic installation is calling, with sweet confidence: „Come Ye Apart And Rest a While”. So let’s take a rest. Let’s rest a while from our preconditions, habits, cruel lack of immagination - in genaral, our way of being and doing. The point is to find a new approach, to avoid the error Albert Einstein warned us against, the one of trying to solve problems with the same way of thinking that created them. How hard is it to find a new way to think?

Blue Republic is a critically acclaimed, multi-disciplinary collaboration by artists Anna Passakas and Radoslaw Kudlinski. Known for socially conscious projects, Blue Republic has built an international reputation, based on over eighty research projects, presentations and exhibitions in Canada and internationally. Some of the venues include Ludwig Forum for International Art in Aachen, Germany, Galerie Julio Gonzalez, Paris, CCA Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw, DAAD, Berlin, Vera List Center for Art and Politics, New York, Luminato 2012, Toronto, Art Gallery of Sudbury, MacLaren Art Centre, Doris McCarthy Gallery, Darling Foundry and Galerie René Blouin, Montréal, Deluge Contemporary, Victoria, B.C. and Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto. Blue Republic collaborates with other artists, architects, urban planners, social activists, art groups, and centres of independent research around the world.

Guided Tours

Saturday Films
Concert for Car Horns

Click here to see the full Land|Slide schedule

TEAM

Janine Marchessault

Project Lead and Chief Curator
Jenny Foster

Research Lead, Urban Planning & Sustainability
Chloë Brushwood Rose

Research Lead, Education, York University
Yan Wu

Curator China collaboration with Land|Slide, York University
Helmut Klassen

Post Doctoral Research Fellow (Architecture)
Aleksandra Kaminska

Post Doctoral Research Fellow (Public Art)
Lisa Hosale

Urban Planning Advisor
Asad Raza

Exhibition Manager
Sara Udow

Partnerships & Outreach
Madeleine Collective

Design and Marketing
Lisa Folkerson

Programming & Volunteer Coordinator
Andrew Bieler

The Learning Farm Program Director
Glynis Logue

Wayfinding (The River)
Andrew Roth

Augmented Reality
Alec McKay

Filmmaker in Residence
Alex Busgang

Researcher
Allyson Woodrooffe

Web Assistance and Researcher

MEDIA

Media highlights

Markham Exhibit Works embody Markham's past and future October 11, 2013
Markham Exhibit CBC Metro Morning October 7, 2013
It's worth the trip to Markham for vast public art exhibit Blog TO October 5, 2013
Markham Art Exhibit Rooted in Ryerson The Eyeopener October 2, 2013
Activating the Archives Ciel Variable Fall 2013
LandSlide Transforms Historic Village Canadian Art October 1, 2013
LandSlide at the Markham Museum Akimblog October 1, 2013
10 must-see art shows in Toronto this fall blogTO September 26, 2013
This Week in Film blogTO September 26, 2013
10 Shows to See this Fall Canadian Art September 23, 2013
25 acres 30 shows NOW September 21, 2013
Mega art project Markham Economist and Sun September 21, 2013
Must-Sees This Week, September 19-25 Canadian Art September 19, 2013
Sneak Peek: Janine Marchessault Presents Massive New Exhibition BlouinARTINFO June 13, 2013
LandSlide Possible Futures Explores a Suburb in Flux Torontoist June 13, 2013

Press photo gallery

Media Highlights

For all media inquiries, please contact Amy Stewart, Media Relations

VISIT

Land|Slide: Possible Futures takes place at:

Markham Museum
9350 Markham Road,
Markham, ON L3P 3J3
Telephone: (905) 294-4576

Gallery Hours:

Mon: closed
Tues, Wed, Sun: 12:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Thurs, Fri, Sat: 12:00 - 10:00 p.m.

Extended Hours:

Sun, Sep 22: 12:00 - 7:00 p.m.
Mon, Oct 14: 12:00 - 5 p.m.

FREE BUSES FROM DOWNTOWN TORONTO TO MARKHAM MUSEUM

Markham is located in the York Region Transit (YRT) system, which connects to Toronto and the TTC at a number of locations. There are a number of fairly easy and direct ways to get to the Markham Museum via driving or public transit.

IF YOU ARE DRIVING

IF YOU ARE TAKING GO TRANSIT

IF YOU ARE TAKING THE TTC

IF YOU ARE TAKING THE YRT

Places to Stay

Click here to reserve with a special Land|Slide rate at the Hilton Toronto/Markham Suites Conference Centre & Spa September 21 - October 14

Every Saturday, Land|Slide will be offering complimentary bus rides from the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art (MOCCA), 952 Queen St W, Toronto, ON M6J 1G8 to the Markham Museum.

On September 22 and October 12, the bus will take you on a 3 for 1 deal to the Art Gallery of York University (AGYU), the Varley Art Gallery and Land|Slide: Possible Futures Exhibition for a full day of contemporary art.

Please RSVP to info@landslide-possiblefutures.com. $2 donation recommended.

MOCCA: Main Entrance, 952 Queen St W Toronto

AGYU: Behind the Accolade East Building, York University, 4700 Keele St. Toronto

Varley Art Gallery: Main Lobby, 216 Main St Unionville

Saturday, Sep 21, 28, and Oct 5, 2013

MOCCA to Markham Museum: 2PM, 5PM
Markham Museum to MOCCA: 6:30PM, 10PM

Sunday, Sep 22, 2013

AGYU to Varley Art Gallery: 2PM
Varley Art Gallery to Markham Museum: 4PM
Markham Museum to AGYU: 7:30PM

Saturday, Oct 12, 2013

The Performance Bus - curated by AGYU (MOCCA - Varley Art Gallery - Markham Museum):

MOCCA to Varley Art Gallery: 2PM
Varley Art Gallery to Markham Museum: 5PM

Urban Planning Bus (Centre for Social Innovation (CSI) - Markham Museum):

Centre for Social Innovation to Markham Museum: 1PM
Markham Museum to Centre to Centre for Social Innovation: 5PM (visitors have the option of taking later buses as well)

Regular Bus:

MOCCA to Markham Museum: 4PM, 6:30PM & 8:30PM
Markham Museum return to MOCCA: 7:30PM & 10PM

GO Transit directions

GO Transit is the best, and most direct way to get to the museum. The Markham Museum is located between the two GO Transit stations, Markham GO to the south, and Mt. Joy GO to the north. Both are about 10 min. walks away from the museum.

If you are taking GO Transit, there are two ways you can get up to the museum.

1. From Union Station

Take the 71C Lincolnville Bus. You can catch from the Union Station Bus bay terminal (it’s usually platform 47, at the very east end of the terminal).

The bus runs approximately every 30 mins (every hour during the early morning and late evening).
The trip takes approximately 40 minutes and costs $7.
From Toronto, the first trip is at 6:40 in the morning, the last trip is 2:40 in the morning.
Coming back to Toronto, the first trip is at 5:12 AM and the last trip is at 1:32 AM.

During rush hour (from 4:00 PM to 7:00PM) you need to take the GO Train – (the Stouffville), instead of the bus, to come up to Markham.

The train costs the same price and takes roughly the same amount of time.
One tip: take the train to Mt. Joy GO as opposed to Markham GO, as it’s a slightly shorter walk away from the Museum.

2. From York University

Take the 54 Mt. Joy Bus. You can catch it from the York University transit loop (where all the TTC, YRT, VIVA, GO Buses etc line up). It is at GO Platform # 5.
The bus runs every 30 mins (every hour during non peak hours and late evening).
The trip also takes approximately 40 minutes but costs $5.80.
From York, the first trip is at 7:00 AM and the last trip is at 11:00 PM. Coming back to York, the first trip is at 6:26 AM and the last one is at 10:00 PM.

TTC directions

If you happen to be in the east end of the city, you can take the TTC directly to the Markham Museum.
Catch the 102D bus from Warden Station, which goes up along Warden Ave and then Markham Rd – right up to the doorstop of the museum.
Do note, the ride is fairly long, taking about 1 hour and 15 minutes – but it is a direct route.
One other important note: Since the Markham is in a different transit system; you will have to pay that system’s fare when you get to the border of the TTC system (in this case Steeles Ave). You stay on the same bus, but come up to the driver and pay $3.75 to continue to go up to Markham.
The total cost of the trip is $3.00 (TTC) + $3.75 (YRT) = $6.75.
The schedule for 102D Bus is available here

YRT directions

Markham and the Markham Museum are within the York Region Transit system. The system, analogous to the TTC, runs a number of routes and lines, many of which connect directly to the TTC. Fares are $3.75 but are valid for 2 hours, with unlimited stops, transfers, and usage within that time.

There are number of YRT buses that go directly to the Markham Museum. You catch them from York University or Finch Station on the TTC system

From York University:

VIVA Purple

rapid transit blue buses that runs very frequently along Highway 7. Take this bus, going east to Main Street & Highway 7, then transfer onto the 102D going North, to be dropped off right at the Museum

From Finch Station:

VIVA Blue / YRT 16

take the rapid transit VIVA blue bus, which travels along Yonge Street to Yonge & 16th Ave. There transfer to the 16 Bus, travelling east to Markham Road and 16th Ave – the intersection of the museum

Driving directions

The Markham Museum is about a 30 minute drive from downtown Toronto.
You can either take the DVP/ Hwy 404 north to Hwy 7 and then east, exiting at Markham Rd, going North to 16th Ave.
You can also take the 401 east, exit on Markham Road and head north to 16th Ave.
View the driving directions (from Yonge & Bloor, downtown Toronto)

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If you're interested in supporting Land|Slide, please contact Sara Udow at sara.udow@landslide-possiblefutures.com for further information on partnership, sponsorship, and donations.

CONTACT

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Interested in volunteering? Contact lisa.folkerson@landslide-possiblefutures.com