November 8, 2014–March 1, 2015
Opening Reception: Friday, November 7, 5–8pm
Walter Phillips Gallery
Visual + Digital Art at The Banff Centre
107 Tunnel Mountain Drive
Banff, Alberta
Canada
Walter Phillips Gallery, in collaboration with the Institute for Contemporary Arts (ICA), London, presents the first North American solo exhibition of new work by the French and Algerian artist Neïl Beloufa. Combining video and sculptural elements, Counting on People reflects on the ways in which society and our interpersonal relationships are highly influenced by changing digital technology.
Counting on People is the North American premiere of two new films co-commissioned by Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre and ICA: Data for Desire (2014) and Home is Whenever I’m With You (2014). Two of Beloufa’s previous works are also included in the exhibition: VENGEANCE (2014), which documents the artist’s collaboration with secondary school students in a suburb of Paris; and the depiction of a geopolitical role play where members of the public meet and make decisions about local and international issues in World Domination (2012). Read more here.
Co-commissioned by Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre, Canada, and Institute for Contemporary Arts, London.
Production: Bad Manner’s.
Supported by DICRéAM, The Consulate General of France in Vancouver, The Danjuma Collection and Beaux Arts Paris, France.
Creative programs: call for applications
Banff Research in Culture
Demos: Life in Common
Program dates: June 1–19, 2015
Application deadline: December 10, 2014
Demos: Life in Common invites artists, writers, researchers, and cultural producers to consider the ways in which we constitute, experience, and reinvigorate collective life in this century. Faculty include Alex Hartley, Nina Power, and Astra Taylor. Read more here.
Visual arts sculpture studio practicum program
Program dates: January 12, 2015–December 18, 2015
Application deadline: November 12, 2014
The visual arts sculpture studio practicum program is an internship-style opportunity designed to expand and enhance participants’ technical skills and to increase knowledge and creativity in the areas of ceramics and sculpture. Read more here.
Visual arts lecture series
Raymond Boisjoly
November 4
Neïl Beloufa
November 5
Céline Kopp
November 6
Wilfrid Almendra
November 13
Joar Nango
November 18
Erika Vogt
November 20
Arnold Kemp
November 25
Read more here.
For more information:
Office of the Registrar: [email protected] / T +403 762 6180 or +1 800 565 9989