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).
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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.
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