Emma LaMorte (CAN)
Opening June 23, 2017 6–9PM
On view June 24 – July 7, 2017
A. Mamma Kyn?e teaches that images are like actors on the stage of history. They form a history that parallels and participates in the fictions we tell ourselves about ourselves. (Cognitive dissonance)
B. Petrie Kyn?e stained his sheets with dreams of dinosaurs. He learned that the fears that woke him were formed a hundred thousand years ago and that where he came from was not exactly where he thought.
C. Sibr Kyn?e was so involved in a fantasy that it seemed real. Through a process of self-hypnosis she become dissociated from her own reflection. (Innocence)
D. Karbt Kyn?e met St. Francis of Assisi in the valley of La Verna and he learned folk art comes from hallucinations of nature.
Emma LaMorte is a Canadian artist currently working and living in Berlin. Her artistic practice bounces between mediums, often taking the form of textile-based collage and sculpture, as well as video and performance. Recent exhibitions include 7 Veils at Galleri Mejan, Stockholm, SE; Internal Climates at Sunset Terrace, Vancouver, CA; Cruising (curated by Daniel Iinati) on the Mariella Viking Line, Stockholm SE; Period Pieces at Projet Pangée, Montreal, CA. She received her BFA at Emily Carr University of Art, Vancouver, CA and her MFA at the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm, SE. Recent residencies include the Fondazione Antonio Ratti with Yvonne Rainer and Andrea Kleine in Como, IT.
