Lee Walton invites you to a Charcoal Chess Tournament and Pre-Game Artist Talk Lee Walton, Charcoal Chess Tournament: Minnesota Chess Club. Video stills. Images courtesy of the artist. Charcoal Chess Tournament Friday, April 24, 6:00 pm – midnight Reading Room, Hart House Co-presented with the Hart House Chess Club Walton invites chess players of all levels to play in the Charcoal Chess Tournament – a unique experiment celebrating the beauty of chess and art. This tournament is real chess – but with a twist! All games will be played on paper, rather than physical chess pieces on chessboards. To start each game, players simply draw pieces on the paper. To make a move – just erase and redraw the piece in another square. When you capture your opponent’s piece, you get to erase it off the board. The gallery will take care of all your needs -- you can just show up and channel your inner Bobby Fisher! The drawings document the action of each game through smudges, erasure marks and scrawling chess pieces lined up along the page. The tournament examines drawing in multiple ways as a tool for the communication of abstract ideas through the representation of symbols; recording process of history and time through physical material and mark-making; translation of meaning across different languages (art and chess); and politics of aesthetics and authorship. Watch video documentation from a previous Charcoal Chess Tournament vimeo link here that took place at Bethel University with the Minnesota Chess Club. Who will win this year’s tournament? To register for the tournament, please email [email protected] Registration deadline: Tuesday, April 21. Spectators welcome. -----Pre-Game Artist Talk with Lee Walton Thursday, April 23, 2:30 – 4:00 pm (Note: this is a day before the tournament) East Common Room, Hart House Join Lee Walton in a talk about the use of humour, games and strategic mapping in his artistic practice. Lee Walton, Charcoal Chess Tournament: Minnesota Chess Club. Image courtesy of the artist. Lee Walton is an Experientialist. Through a combination of drawing, performance, new media, and social practice, he creates art experiences both large and small. Walton has been commissioned by museums, institutions and cities, both nationally and internationally, to create exhibitions, lecture, and leads participatory public events. Walton’s work and upcoming projects can be viewed at leewalton.com. You can also follow him on Facebook link or Twitter link . His work on paper is represented by Kraushaar Galleries in New York, NY. He is an Associate Professor of Art at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and earned his MFA from the California College of Art (2000). -‐-‐-‐-‐-‐ These events are held in conjunction with the Jackman Humanities Institute annual theme for 2014-2015: Humour, Play, and Games. “This Area is under 23 Hour Video and Audio Surveillance” LINK September 4, 2014 to June 30, 2015 Presented at the Jackman Humanities Institute, 10th Floor University of Toronto, 170 St. George Street Curated by Yan Wu Produced by the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery Justina M. Barnicke Gallery 7 Hart House Circle Toronto, ON M5S 3H3 416-978-8398 www.jmbgallery.ca link [email protected] University of Toronto Art Centre (UTAC) 15 King's College Circle Toronto, ON M5S 3H7 416-946-8687 www.utac.utoronto.ca link Gallery Hours Tuesday - Saturdays 12-5pm Wednesday 12-8pm Sunday and Monday closed Admission is FREE to all exhibitions. The Galleries are wheelchair accessible. Media Contact: Daniella Sanader, [email protected], 416-978-5488. You are receiving this newsletter as a subscriber to the Justina M. Barnicke Gallery and/or University of Toronto Art Centre (UTAC) email list. The two newly federated galleries are now working as one joint entity and we hope you will enjoy this new, all-inclusive resource.
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