ACTIVE RESEARCH
presents
MARINA ROY
PLATFORM is
very excited
to introduce
ACTIVE
RESEARCH, a
quarterly
lecture series
beginning in
January 2013
and
culminating
one year
later. The
purpose of
this lecture
series is to
investigate
the idea of
research as an
active
practice
rather than a
passive model.
We have
approached
four cultural
workers /
researchers /
artists to
each offer an
hour long
treatise on
their research
methodologies
and how it
informs or
relates to
their current
creative
pursuits. The
four
participants
were chosen to
reflect the
Centre's
interest in
artists at
various stages
in their
careers
(emerging,
mid-career,
and
established)
in addition to
their
thought-provoking
and
experimental
approaches to
research.
Marina
Roy
Red River College, 160 Princess St., main floor Roblin Centre, CGA Manitoba Room (P107)
Presented in partnership with mawa MENTORING ARTISTS For WOMEN'S ART
Marina Roy's lecture will focus on her writing and research for a future book titled Queuejumping. Roy will discuss her art practice, cross-disciplinary in scope, which investigates the intersection between materials, language, history and ideology. Her work addresses the desire for a post-humanist perspective, counter to the dictates of anthropocentric hubris and biopolitical control. She believes that materials and objects themselves have multiple potential agency, and art can act as a bridge between culture and nature, ethics and drive.
Roy has exhibited locally, nationally and
internationally.
In 2001 she
published sign
after the x
(Artspeak/Arsenal
Pulp), a
book that
revolves
around the
letter X and
its multiple
meanings. She
is currently
working on the
next book,
titled
Queuejumping.
In 2010 she
was recipient
of the VIVA
art award,
British
Columbia’s
largest
visual art
award for
mid-career
artists. She
is Associate
Professor of
Visual Art at
the University
of British
Columbia.
