{"id":30903,"date":"2015-10-27T20:35:24","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T00:35:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=30903"},"modified":"2015-11-14T13:00:40","modified_gmt":"2015-11-14T18:00:40","slug":"tara-cooper-and-jenn-law-at-loop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=30903","title":{"rendered":"Tara Cooper and Jenn Law at loop"},"content":{"rendered":"

Loop Gallery on Dundas West is simultaneously exhibiting two shows from multi-disciplinary artists Jenn Law and Tara Cooper. The two separate shows from two seemingly unassociated artists, namely Cooper\u2019s God Love Brigus<\/em> and Law\u2019s Means & Ends<\/em>, become unified as a result of their common interest: the use of synergy.<\/p>\n

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Despite the fact that the two shows are not directly related in terms of theme, they both possess a multi-disciplinary focus and quasi-interactive ‘diorama\u2019 features. Cooper\u2019s work God Love Brigus<\/em>, for instance, was highly influenced by her residency at Landfall Trust in Brigus, Newfoundland, an artist in residency program. Landfall Trust is committed to preserving the passing wish of the late Bradley Jacob Folensbee Jr., in supporting the practice of the arts and humanities to benefit the heritage of Newfoundland. Cooper\u2019s work created during her Landfall residency brings together the study of meteorology and creative non-fiction intended to enhance spectator experience and to provoke evocative memories placed in rural Canadian settings. The exhibition\u2019s overall layout mixes pieces such as framed photographs and colourful fabric flags aboard \u2013 what is referred to as a wooden \u201cfloating raft\u201d \u2013 of sculpture, print and photography. The raft is laden with excerpts from observational stories and personal testimonies.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Tara Cooper,\u00a0God Love Brigus, <\/em>Detail<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Tara Cooper,\u00a0God Love Brigus,\u00a0<\/em>Installation view<\/p>\n

Jenn Law, on the other hand, takes her synergistic approach less in the interactive storytelling direction and more towards the archival mode of documentation. Law\u2019s multi faceted background in visual art and writing, as well as her extensive anthropological research all affect Means & Ends<\/em>. Law\u2019s display emphasizes artifacts that are key objects in print manufacturing and print culture. Her commentary is centered around \u201creinvention\u201d technologies that may appear outmoded. She suggests that the modern attitude to \u201creinvent\u201d oneself in the social media context \u2013 using technology to change the persona \u2013 has in fact been around for several decades. Reinvention in the form of \u201cmorphing\u201d is rendered visually through the \u201cmelting\u201d black mounds positioned through her exhibit. Law\u2019s exhibit also include objects of horologic technology, the science of time keeping. In particular, Law uses the ink bottle and the pocket watch to prove that objects from the past can be brought into the future. Her use of 3D printing mixes innovations from different eras.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Jenn Law, Means & Ends<\/em>, Installation view from front and from sideway<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Jenn Law,\u00a0Means & Ends<\/em>, Installation view<\/p>\n

Both Means & Ends<\/em> and God Love Brigus<\/em> are eye-catching projects and\u00a0I enjoyed viewing them.<\/p>\n

Text and photo:\u00a0Katie Armstrong<\/p>\n

*Exhibition information: October 10 – November 1, 2015,\u00a0loop Gallery,\u00a01273 Dundas Street West, Toronto, (three doors west of Dovercourt). Gallery hours: Wed \u2013 Sat 12 \u2013 5, Sun 1 \u2013 4 p.m.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

by Katie Armstrong<\/strong><\/p>\n

The two separate shows, Cooper’s God Love Brigus<\/em> and Law’s Means & Ends<\/em>, become unified as a result of their common interest: the use of synergy.<\/p>\n

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