The Leisure tribute to Kate Bush’s Cloudbusting will be part of the K-town karaoke extravaganza next Friday at La Galerie Trois Points, Montreal. Join us and the artists behind the project at Soirée K-Town, November 30. K-Town is a roving video and performance project by Luke Painter and Meera Margaret Singh that transforms gallery spaces […]
Read More »Inspired by a photograph taken in 1974 of a group of women in conversation while lounging in a Paris studio, this exhibition presents the work of four contemporary artists (Aleesa Cohene, Luanne Martineau, Lili Reynaud-Dewar, Lucie Stahl) whose practice, directly or indirectly engages with the formal visual elements and-or conceptual legacy of an earlier generation […]
Read More »Leisure Projects is pleased to have been invited to participate in K-Town, a Karaoke lounge installation by Luke Painter and Meera Margaret Singh. Leisure’s on site research at The Wilhelm Reich Infant Trust, Orgonon, Maine, resulted in our contribution to K-Town, a karaoke tribute to Kate Bush’s Cloudbusting.
Read More »Over the past year, Leisure Projects has been pleased to support Hazel Meyer’s book endeavor, Knitdown S.V.P. We look forward to celebrating the completion of this project with Hazel on Sunday, April 1st at La Cornetteria. Knitdown s.v.p. is an art book /auxiliary industry manual consisting of drawings on sticky notes produced over the four […]
Read More »Bringing together the work of Glasgow based artist Fiona Jardine and Montreal artist Lauren Nurse, Leisure Projects presents a two week street-side window exhibition and special one-night event – a collaborative environment of art and live music amongst the glittering reflection of mirrors and disco-balls. Lauren Nurse and Fiona Jardine will temporarily unite their work as Jardine’s carefully mapped wall […]
Read More »Leisure Projects is in Vienna as curators in residence at das weisse haus. We are currently exploring the city and visiting artists’ studios. We are interested in hearing about what is happening in and around the Viennese contemporary art scene.
Read More »In a parallel activity to the launch of the Mackenzie Stroh Carte Blanche , Leisure Projects investigates the social history of the Hotel de la Montagne lobby and nightclub. In a self-guided tour including ivory-tusked elephants, golden crocodiles and Grecian portraits, Leisure explores the constructed atmosphere of Hotel de la Montagne, re-appropriating its contents as […]
Read More »Birdwatching is a unique way to approach and know a landscape. Part looking, part collecting, birdwatching as a cultural activity has created new communities and left a legacy in visual art, books and regional museums. The exhibition BIRDWATCHING at The Foreman Art Gallery of Bishop’s University addresses the special history of birdwatching and leisure in […]
Read More »Illustrated binders by: Meredith Carruthers, Megan Carruthers, Hollie Dzama, James Kirkpatrick, Logan MacDonald, Douglas Moffat, Lauren Nurse, Kenneth Raddatz, Marc Ryan, Susannah Wesley The Store – Joyce Yahouda Gallery November 12 – December 10 2005 Vernissage – Sat. 12 November, 2005 3pm – 5pm As the leaves change colour and the temperature begins to drop, we find […]
Read More »Join us this Wednesday at La Centrale galerie Powerhouse for a short presentation where participants are invited to share in the action of A Line, an adaptation based on Houdini’s Trewey’s Paper Rings and Lygia Clark’s Caminhando. A Line is a vitrine installation by Leisure (Meredith Carruthers & Susannah Wesley). The short video and take-away […]
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