Still from Lens Prism, 2010, courtesy of the artist and Koppe Astner, Glasgow
The Cinematheque
200-1131 Howe Street
Vancouver, British Columbia
Date
Curator
Michele Smith
A program of cinematic works by Canadian artist Corin Sworn interrogates the “erratic meetings and schisms” of histories, images and artefacts.
Editors' Comment
Winner of the 2014 Max Mara Art Prize for Women and a lead exhibitor at the Scottish pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale, Corin Sworn makes art that is always worth examining. Sworn was born in the UK in 1976, grew up in Toronto, and studied at the University of British Columbia and Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver. Though currently based in Glasgow, Sworn’s art still connects to Canada: this event at the Cinemathèque in Vancouver features The Coat, made with fellow Emily Carr University alumnus Tony Romano. Previously screened at ICA London, the film uses a subtitling strategy to combine the directors’ response to interviews with migrants in Canada and Italy with Sworn’s research on the commedia dell’arte, in a loose adaptation of Aristophanes’ play The Birds. Also showing is The Foxes, which Sworn exhibited in Venice.