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visual arts by Elizabeth MacKenzie W a r Zones Address Issues of War and Conflict and w a r f r o m a c o n t e m p o r a r y p e r spective. Struggles f o r p o w e r and c o n t r o l of t e r r i t o r y are r e c u r r i n g t h e m e s w i t h i n h u m a n h i s t o r y w h i c h artists have often e x p l o r e d w i t h i n t h e i r w o r k . War Zones c o n s i s t s of t h r e e i n t e r r e l a t e d e x h i b i t i o n s and an e x t e n sive p r o g r a m of special events, including artists' talks, a film series at Pacific C i n e m a t h e q u e , and a panel d i s c u s s i o n series at the V a n c o u v e r A r t Gallery. G u X i o n g ' s installation is part of Bearing Witness, the s e c o n d e x h i b i t i o n in this s e r i e s , taking place at P H G f r o m June 5 t o July 18, as w e l l as at the V a n c o u v e r A r t G a l l e r y f r o m July 14 t o S e p t e m b e r 2 6 . T h e w o r k in War Zones r e p r e s e n t s issues relating t o conflicts in C h i n a . R w a n d a , Somalia, N o r t h e r n I r e l a n d , V i e t n a m , and e l s e w h e r e , t o u c h i n g o n d i r e c t e x p e r i e n c e as w e l l as r e m o t e e x p e r i ences g e n e r a t e d t h r o u g h the m e d i a , such as n e w s p a p e r s and T V . War Zones will also e x t e n d into the public d o m a i n w i t h t h r e e c o n s e c utive b i l l b o a r d p r o j e c t s w h i c h will be displayed d u r i n g the m o n t h s of May, June, and July o n a b i l l b o a r d o n the Elizabeth MacKenzie is an artist, arts W a r Z o n e s at P r e s e n t a t i o n H o u s e Gallery: Siting C o n f l i c t , April I 7 to May Barbara Alper (NewYork),Willie (Northern Ireland), Alfredo ]aor MacKay 30 Doherty (New (Calgary), If y o u ' d like t o c o n t r i b u t e t o G u X i o n g ' s Barricade of Bicycles, please call D i a n e Evans at 9 8 6 - 1 3 5 I Y o u r p h o n e call w i l l help t h e gallery d e t e r m i n e h o w many bicycles to e x p e c t . Bikes can be d r o p p e d off at the gallery o n Thursday, June 3, f r o m 10 a m t o 6 pm.AII bikes used in the installation will be sent f o r r e c y c l i n g at the c o n c l u s i o n o f the p r o j e c t . c o r n e r of G e o r g i a and H o m e r Streets. A n extensively illustrated catalogue w h i c h includes a n u m b e r of critical essays will be p r o d u c e d at the c o n c l u s i o n of the project. D o y o u have a u s e d , u n u s e d , u n w a n t e d bicycle? G u X i o n g w a n t s t o put it into u s e . O n Thursday, June 3, G u X i o n g plans t o bring 150 bicycles i n t o P r e s e n t a t i o n H o u s e G a l l e r y ( P H G ) as p a r t o f an a r t w o r k a b o u t the 1989 T i a n a n m e n Square p r o t e s t s . G u X i o n g was b o r n a n d e d u c a t e d in C h i n a and c a m e t o C a n a d a in 1989. s h o r t l y after the T i a n a n m e n Square p r o t e s t s . H i s installation piece Barricade of Bicycles--June 4, 1989 represents the conflict between students a n d tanks at T i a n a n m e n S q u a r e and speaks t o the p o w e r of the c o l lective h u m a n spirit in t h e face o f adversity. In a s t a t e m e n t a b o u t this piece, G u X i o n g w r i t e s : " O n e person is a b i c y c l e . M a n y bicycles are t o g e t h e r . T h e r e is unity. It is people's power." G u X i o n g is o n e o f t h e m o r e than 2 0 i n t e r n a t i o n a l artists w h o s e w o r k will be i n c l u d e d in an a m b i t i o u s p r o ject called War Zones being o r g a n i z e d by P H G this s p r i n g and s u m m e r . War Zones w i l l p r e s e n t a w i d e and d i v e r s e range of p h o t o and m e d i a - b a s e d a r t w o r k that address issues of conflict York), Allan Harding Martha Rosier (New York) Id, Bearing W i t n e s s , June 5 to July Opening Reception, June 5,2 pm Eugenio Dittborn (Chile), Roy Kiyooka (Vancouver), Nam June Paik (New York), Barbara Steinman (Montreal), Tsuchida (Japan), Gu Xiong Hiromi (Vancouver) administrator, and writer.