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Visual arts I by Belinda Bruce |theatre I by Hanne Lene Dalgleish Six.Degrees, of.Separation: For o v e r 1 0 y e a r s t h e S e y m o u r A r t G a l l e r y h a s i n v i t e d a r t i s t s t o explore a topic for an exhibit and called her team than.Fiction, P H O T O S BY: TENEILLE B E A M Truth.is. Stranger. DisCOVEry. brainstorm and esoteric Director/Curator Jacqui themes, alternating Morgan between something s o m e t h i n g m o r e c o n c r e t e . Past t h e m e s h a v e i n c l u d e d : Run, Spot, Run; The Final Curtain a n d The Alpha. Artists submit o n e p i e c e o n l y . T h e e x h i b i t i o n is j u r i e d b y a t least t w o j u r o r s . T h i s y e a r ' s t h e m e is Pith: an important 51 or essential part. Of the Gaile artists t h a t s u b m i t t e d w o r k , 4 3 w e r e a c c e p t e d . Froese created a w o r k in t w o h a l v e s r e p r e s e n t i n g a f a m i l y p h o t o a l b u m . T h e m o s t i m p o r t a n t e l e m e n t o f t h e p i e c e is w h a t she calls " d i s t a n c e a n d d i s c o r d " -- t h e t e n s i o n between m e m o r y a n d p h y s i c a l reality r e p r e s e n t e d by a r o p e across t h e centre w h i c h tenuously holds the a l b u m together. 'It's the k i n d of t h i n g t h a t h a p p e n s w h e n y o u g e t o l d e r , " says G a i l e . " T h i s year f o r m e w a s o n e w h e r e a lot o f p e o p l e l e f t . " Into t h e a l b u m pages of this three-dimensional w o r k , she has sculpted small faces, pressed textural elements including beads gels, inserted the a l p h a b e t a n d n u m e r o u s mirrors. and "Viewers will see t h e m s e l v e s reflected, p e r h a p s f i n d their n a m e s " Joel Shack r e p r e s e n t s t h e t h e m e i n a p a i n t i n g t i t l e d On the the on Ferry--Diaspora Body Yields Souls to Gravity. Grow Ever More Transparent While Using acrylic w a s h e s and conte is v e r y watercolour, Joel depicts a c o u p l e : the m a n clearly shows d a m a g e d by a n a c c i d e n t . T h e piece a l l o w s the essence of b o t h t h e m a n a n d w o m a n t o s h i n e t h r o u g h t h e s u r f a c e . "It h o w w e exist in w a y s t h a t are very real a n d s o m e v e r y u n r e a l , " says J o e l . " B e i n g s p u l l e d b y gravity, b y t h e w e i g h t o f t h e w o r l d , yet j o y f u l , c l e a r a n d t r a n s p a r e n t , t o o , a s if t h e s o u l is g l i s t e n i n g . " DisCOVEry is on view from January 11-February 6 at Seymour Art Gallery, Deep Cove. Opening reception: January 1 1 , 7 - 9 pm. 10 J a n u a r y I F e b r u a r y