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d i s C O V E r y p e r h a p s t o 2 0 0 7 : d r e a m S l e e p . Kleenex Mathematics & Put Your Eye in Your Mouth /J I / resentation House Gallery is hosting a pair of upcoming exhibitions featuring the premiere of new works by Johannes Wohnseifer and Zin 3 Once again, the Seymour A r t Gallery hosts d i s C O V E r y 2 0 0 7 , a juried exhibition open to all artists in B C . T h i s year's show includes a variety of fine and applied art in all m e d i a , i n d i v i d u a l l y or collaboratively p r o d u c e d , including traditional and indigenous work and hinges on the evocative theme Sleep...perhaps to dream. The dreams on exhibit are fascinating and diverse. O n e of the paintings, Sleep - to dream of Peace by exhibitor, E E . D i F l o r i o , was inspired by a cemetery in O r t o n a , Italy where Canadian soldiers were laid to rest after being killed in a terrible battle during World War II. Florio was struck by the beautiful condition of the grounds, which have been impeccably maintained by local people still grateful for the C a n a d i a n soldiers defense of them from the Nazis. Chiarina Loggia is a self-taught artist living on Vancouver Island after spending many years living abroad, mostly in A s i a . W o r k i n g w i t h w a t e r c o l o u r , ink brush p a i n t i n g , p r i n t m a k i n g and collage she expresses her love of the natural w o r l d and her fondness for the varied cultures she has lived i n . H e r m i x e d - m e d i a m o n o t y p e , entitled T h e H o m e In M y D r e a m s includes w o r d s and images that c a p t u r e the s h i f t i n g yet c o m f o r t i n g home we return to in our dreams. A n d then there is external p e r s p e c t i v e , l i k e Steve Horvat's mixed media painting, Clarissa, which captures the sleeper rather than the dream. A n emerging artist in the show w i l l be awarded the C a r o l e Badgley A w a r d of $300. Taylor. In conjunction with the exhibitions, the gallery will launch two artist-designed publications by these same artists. The phrase Kleenex Mathematics is taken from a spam email, one of thousands that Cologne, Germany based artist Johannes Wohnseifer has been collecting and archiving over the last year. The artist has utilized the text of these junk emails by transcribing them directly and unedited onto a series of paintings and photographs. In conjunction with an exhibition of works from this series, PHG is also publishing a s e l e c t i o n of W o h n s e i f e r ' s photographs in the second of their ongoing artist publication series Lynn Valley. Lynn Valley 2, Kleenex Mathematics will be launched at the opening of Wohnseifer's exhibition. Also premiering is an ambitious I J · new video by Toronto/Antwerp NtrtftHrHUy*' *H» ,,·..,.. d , 1**. based artist Zin Taylor. Put Your Eye in Your Mouth is a 22minute fictional documentary on renowned German artist Martin Kippenberger (whom Wohnseifer was once studio assistant) and the artist's fabled METRO-Net project. Before his death in 1997 at the age of 44, Kippenberger was a leading figure and enfant terrible of the '90s Cologne art scene. The METRO-Net was a mischievous idea for a fake global underground railway that Kippenberger imagined consisting of subway station entrances (leading nowhere) sprinkled around the world. Three stations were realized, one in Germany, another in Greece and strangely, one in Dawson City, Yukon. Taylor traveled to the Yukon to document the (now quickly deteriorating) remains of Canada's METRONet station alongside dramatic reenactments of Its conceptualization and creation. In conjunction with the exhibition, PHG will co-publish a script of the video as an artist's bookwork, designed by Taylor and co-published with Toronto's YYZ Books. TO* 3^ 631 Chiarina Loggia - The Home In My Dreams Steve Horvat-Clarissa WHAT: Exhibits by Johannes Wohnseifer and Zin Taylor WHEN: January 27 to March 4. Opening Reception Friday Jan 27, 7 - 1 0 pm WHERE: Presentation House Gallery, 333 Chesterfield Avenue Info: 604.986.1351 10 January|February