2017 Bonavista Biennale
Art encounters on the edge
August 17–September 17, 2017
Curators: Catherine Beaudette and Patricia Grattan
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Artists
Sara Angelucci
Omar Badrin
Catherine Blackburn
Marlene Creates
Barbara Daniell
Michael Flaherty
Will Gill
Doug Guildford
Pam Hall
John Hartman
Iris Häussler
Dil Hildebrand
Matthew Hollett
Frank Lapointe
Elizabeth McIntosh
Steve Payne
Barry Pottle
Ned Pratt
Reinhard Reitzenstein
Kelly Richardson
Michael Snow
Laura St. Pierre I Jon Bath
Peter von Tiesenhausen
Scott Walden
Gayle Young
Image Gallery
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- Pam Hall, Re-Seeding the Dream East, 2017, site-specific installation with Steel poles, line, 150 handmade flour bag “codfish.” Commissioned by Bonavista Biennale. Installation view, Doran Meadow, Port Rexton, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Will Gill, The Green Chair, 2017, site-specific installation with fabricated steel. Commissioned by the Bonavista Biennale. Installation view, Maberly Lookout, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Catherine Blackburn, Tongue Tally, 2017, photos, resin, sinew, beads, tags, pins. Installation view, Ye Matthew Legacy Interpretation Centre, Bonavista, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Michael Flaherty, SpaceCraft, 2017, two sculptural kilns, clay, gold lustre, glaze, insulated fire brick, aluminum, steel, wood. Installation view, Union Electric Building, Port Union, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Sarah Joy Stoker, In My Skin, 2017, dance performance in collaboration with Omar Badrin. Performance view, Sandy Cove Beach, Elliston, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Laura St. Pierre & Jon Bath, Spectral Garden, 2017, native plants, slide projectors, wood, LEDs, tripod. Installation view, root cellar in Elliston, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Iris Häussler, Dust at Dawn, 2017, tape, dust and mixed media on mylar. Installation view, 2 Rooms Contemporary Art Projects, Duntara, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Pam Hall, Towards an Encyclopedia of Local Knowledge, 2010–ongoing, bookwork, handmade case, loose “pages.” Installation view, Keels Community Hall, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Ned Pratt, Seven Selected Photographs 2008-2016 (detail), seven pigment-based archival prints. Installation view, Wellness Centre, Bonavista, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Matthew Hollett, A House By the Water, 2015, digital projection, 4:00 mins; A City By the Sea, 2015, video, 4:00 mins. Installation view, Wellness Centre, Bonavsta, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Kelly Richardson, Leviathan, 2011, 2-screen HD video installation with audio. Installation view, Salt Fish Plant, Catalina, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Reinhard Reitzenstein, Waiting/Watching/Waiting, 2017, site-specific installation with conifer trees, oil, red ochre pigment. Installation view, Knight’s Cove Beach, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Sara Angelucci, Maritime Forest, 2017, audio performance at Church of the Most Holy Trinity, Trinity, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Scott Walden, Duntara Harbour, 2015–2017, photography. Installation view, Community Hall, Duntara, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Steve Payne, Isthmus, 2014–2017, series of 24 chromogenic prints. Installation view, Old Post Office, Port Rexton, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Frank Lapointe, exhibition of watercolours from 2014– 2017. Installation view, Hiscock House, Trinity, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Doug Guildford, Nets, 2001-ongoing, mixed media sculptures. Installation view, Coaker Factory Building, Port Union, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- John Hartman, Michael Winter, Bradley’s Cove, 2017, oil on linen, 52.5 x 167.5 cm. Installation view, Fishers’ Loft Conference Centre, Port Rexton, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Dil Hildebrand, E Unibus Pluram, 2017, series of mixed media works. Installation view, Wellness Centre, Bonavista, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Barry Pottle, Foodland Security, 2013, series of digital photographs. Installation view, Ryan Premises Proprietor’s House, Bonavista, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Marlene Creates, Our Lives Concurrent for 58 Years Until the Hurricane, Blast Hole Pond Road, Newfoundland 2010, a cross-section from each of 22 spruce and fir trees. Installation view, 2 Rooms Contemporary Art Projects, Duntara, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Peter von Tiesenhausen, Island, 2015, video, 9:24 min. Installation view, Salt Fish Plant, Catalina, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
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- Michael Snow, Solar Breath (Northern Caryatids), 2002, video projection with sound, 62 min. Installation view, Wellness Centre, Bonavista, 2017 Bonavista Biennale. Photo: Brian Ricks.
