Review the exhibition, Lisa Lipton The Impossible Blue Rose, at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery October 1-November 20.
‘Halifax-based artist Lisa Lipton brings together the nine chapters of her film and performance opus THE IMPOSSIBLE BLUE ROSE. Three years in the making, Lipton’s project is the culmination of video, theatre, dance, poetry, sculpture, and more that surfaced on her dreamy and rebellious journey throughout North America.
Lipton’s story follows its own path, one of spontaneity and intuition, yet with recurring characters, objects, and symbols. It began with Room 95, a film documenting her trip across North America to Los Angeles meeting drummers along the way, swapping tales, and finding a shared rhythm in the conflation of personal/private spaces with the public stage. Since then she has gathered stories from around the continent, among them dance parties in Vancouver, looking for her own grave in Death Valley, and in the …show more content…
. The exhibition involves the screening of the feature length film, memorabilia, installation, wall graphics, and several individual screens displaying separate chapters of the project. In explaining the exhibition to the reader you will need to describe the film The Impossible Blue Rose, and discuss the 3 years of research that concluded with the making of the film. If you attended either of the two performances on October 1 introduce them and how they connect to the larger ongoing project. Consider the film as an art object on its own and the different forms of display of the film used in the exhibition. Indicate the different media the artist uses within the exhibition. Analyze the departure a film takes when shown in a gallery setting, and consider how some of the works were experienced during M:ST Performative Art
‘Halifax-based artist Lisa Lipton brings together the nine chapters of her film and performance opus THE IMPOSSIBLE BLUE ROSE. Three years in the making, Lipton’s project is the culmination of video, theatre, dance, poetry, sculpture, and more that surfaced on her dreamy and rebellious journey throughout North America.
Lipton’s story follows its own path, one of spontaneity and intuition, yet with recurring characters, objects, and symbols. It began with Room 95, a film documenting her trip across North America to Los Angeles meeting drummers along the way, swapping tales, and finding a shared rhythm in the conflation of personal/private spaces with the public stage. Since then she has gathered stories from around the continent, among them dance parties in Vancouver, looking for her own grave in Death Valley, and in the …show more content…
. The exhibition involves the screening of the feature length film, memorabilia, installation, wall graphics, and several individual screens displaying separate chapters of the project. In explaining the exhibition to the reader you will need to describe the film The Impossible Blue Rose, and discuss the 3 years of research that concluded with the making of the film. If you attended either of the two performances on October 1 introduce them and how they connect to the larger ongoing project. Consider the film as an art object on its own and the different forms of display of the film used in the exhibition. Indicate the different media the artist uses within the exhibition. Analyze the departure a film takes when shown in a gallery setting, and consider how some of the works were experienced during M:ST Performative Art