Ken Gregory – I Remember Falling

This is the third of Video Pool’s 4-part DATA Exhibition series

I Remember Falling

air rushing past me

roaring in my ears

spinning white light

blindness

deep dark

stars

impact

cold embrace

The Birth of Hephaestus

Exhibition Dates:

September 13 – October 11 2019

Opening reception: Friday September 13 7PM

Poolside Gallery | W – Sat. 12-5pm

A Greek myth, a contemporary sound artist and a blacksmith walk into a bar. Driven by an ever deepening curiosity, artist and novice blacksmith Ken Gregory reaches into the past to explore the story of the birth of Hephaetus and how it relates to our contemporary society. Using blacksmithing traditions as a foundation for creating an immersive soundscape, Gregory examines how contemporary society has given short shrift to those whose bodies and/or minds don’t fit in to what is considered normal.

2019 | immersive sound installation | materials: 5.1 sound surround audio system, digital audio files | dimensions: room sized, variable

Bio

Winnipeg artist Ken Gregory has been working with DIY interface design, hardware hacking, audio, video, and computer programming for over 30 years. His performance and installation work has shown publicly in Winnipeg, other parts of Canada and many national and international media, sound arts festivals and contemporary art galleries. These works are presented in the form of installations and live performances. Recent career highlights amongst others is the exhibition of wind coil sound flow, a large sound installation at San Jose’s City Hall Rotunda as part of the 2010 01SJ Biennial and the installation of Prototype Electric Light Machine for a Modern Room, a kinetic/robotic machine at the Bauhaus Archive in Berlin as part of the exhibition Laszlo Moholy-Nagy: Sensing the Future October 8 2014 to January 12 2015.

A member of the Diversity through Access to Technology + Art(DATA) mentoring team at Video Pool Media Arts Centre, he along with others are exploring how technology can help artists who are faced with barriers and challenges in developing their art practice. Other DATA members are, Reva Stone, Erika Lincoln, Susan Lamberd, Susan Aydan Abbott, Helga Jacobson, Andrea von Wichert and Yvette Cenerini. DATA is co-organized with Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba.

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This is the third of Video Pool’s 4-part DATA Exhibition series. Upcoming artist Ken Gregory exhibiting in September. 

The Diversity through Access to Technology + Art program (DATA) provides mentorship, education and career development opportunities to artists with disabilities who are interested in incorporating technology into their arts practice. It is a year long mentorship and includes both mentor and mentee exhibitions throughout the next year. DATA is a collaboration with the Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba (AANM) and is generously supported by the Winnipeg Foundation and the Manitoba Arts Council, with additional support from Assiniboine Credit Union. For more information about this or our other residency programs please visit HERE and click the DATA tab.