The Pavilion has found a new home!
The Pavilion's time at Langara College in Vancouver came to a close in the fall of 2010.

It was disassembled, and all 105 pieces were shipped up to the Heffley Creek area of British Columbia (about 45 minutes north of Kamloops). Thanks to the generosity of Vancouver-based art collectors and patrons Jane Irwin and Ross Hill, The Pavilion is being re-built as a permanent structure at their Art Ranch, a rural extension of their GreyChurch Project Space.

In June, 2011, over 23 friends and volunteers pitched in to help begin the process of reconstruction in the first annual Domeraising party.
Thanks to everyone who came out and pitched in!

This is the first stage in what will likely be a long-term building venture, making the Pavilion a self-contained site for future projects in relation to it's new rural context.

Stay tuned for future posts and updates on the project, and wish me luck in getting it weatherproofed and fully functional!

the closing party was a blast, thanks Von Bingen!


Sadly, The Pavilion project has come to an end.

Thanks to everyone who supported this project, either by volunteering during the build phase, contributing your fantastic artwork and ideas, and to all those who came out to the events.

It was a really amazing experience for me, and I hope for others as well.
I will be posting tons of pictures over the next while, so keep checking in...
there are some good ones!

Please join us for the final event at The Pavilion
TONIGHT!!

Friday, April 30, 8pm-midnight

For its bon-voyage celebration The Pavilion will host a live experimental music performance by Von Bingen, who will utilize the unique ambient acoustic of the geodesic dome to highlight spatial resonances and experience.This performance will be followed by a set by DJ Magneticring.

and still on view outside the Pavilion:
 
Possibly Possibly (Flag) by Jen Weigh and 
Statminlaxed by Joshua Batholomew 
on view outside the Pavilion until April 30.

About The Pavilion 
The Pavilion is a project by Langara College artist-in-residence Holly Ward.
Symbolic of difference and utopian thinking, The Pavilion is a geodesic dome
intended to serve as acatalyst for speculative thinking and artistic
experimentation.
 
The Pavilion is located at 100 west 49th ave, 
just one block east of the 49th Avenue Canada Line skytrain stop.

April is the last month of events at the Pavilion!
Please join us for our last opening:

April 14, 6-9 pm
Open. Uh. Open it. Uh. Uh. by Kate Sansom
Possibly Possibly (Flag) by Jen Weih
Statminlaxed by Joshua Bartholomew

 
Open. Uh. Open it. Uh. Uh.
on view April 15-24, 
Thurs, Fri, Sat, 1-5 pm

Possibly Possibly (Flag) & Statminlaxed
on view outside the Pavilion, April 14-April 30


Open. Uh. Open it. Uh. Uh. is based on the Arecibo Message, a logographic
system beamed into space by late astrochemist and foremost proprietor of
popular astronomy, Carl Sagan, and his associates in 1974. The site functions
as a realm of interception, observation and interpretation of one possible version
of our hedonistic future. Drawing, sculpture and video are used to convey
Sagan’s utopian project of creating a universally understood language.
 
 
Possibly Possibly (Flag) is the second in an ongoing series of flags that
are to be flown until they are destroyed by the wind. The flag is marbled
using a traditional fabric dyeing technique that produces unique monoprints,
and features a Necker cube, a drawing that shifts its perspectival orientation
according to which element of the form the viewer focuses their attention. 
Possibly Possibly (Flag) is a permanent gift to The Pavilion.

Statminlaxed re-creates Buckminster Fuller’s Dymaxion Map, a map that
eliminates graphic distortion and thus the representation of global influence,
out of black fabric which is subsequently burned. Documentation of this burnt
flag is presented on a freestanding interpretive panel outside of The Pavilion.
By re-organizing the word Dymaxion, (a word which incorporates 'dynamic',
maximum, and 'tension' that Fuller used to designate a variety of projects),
into Staminlaxed (a word that Bartholomew relates to a combination of 'static',
'minimum', and 'relaxed'), this new flag questions the possibility of global democracy.
By photographing this burnt flag, the destabilized object then becomes re-
aestheticized and repurposed as display.

About The Pavilion
The Pavilion is a project by artist-in-residence Holly Ward. Symbolic of difference
and utopian thinking, The Pavilion is a geodesic dome intended to serve as a
catalyst for speculative thinking and artistic experimentation.

 
About the Centre for Art in Public Spaces
The Langara College Centre for Art in Public Spaces engages communities in the
research, production, and presentation of art in the public realm. The Centre encourages
dialogue, and fosters opportunities to collaborate on, experience and learn about art in
public spaces. 
 
The Pavilion is located at 100 west 49th ave, 
just one block east of the 49th avenue Canada Line skytrain stop.

April is the last month of events at the Pavilion!
I have planned loads of event and projects for this month, so if you haven't come up to see us yet, please don't miss the chance!

Here is a brief listing of the events planned for this month.
Updates and details will be added here prior to each event, so check back in for more info...

April 8, 7-9 pm
Occupying Minds: a poetry reading and The University Paradox project launch.

April 8-10, 1-5 pm
The University Paradox: projection by Bitter &Weber

April 14 6-9 pm
Projects launch:
Open. Uh. Open It. Uh. Uh. By Kate Sansom
Possibly Possibly (Flag) by Jen Weih
Statminlaxed by Joshua Bartholomew

Open. Uh. Open It. Uh. Uh.
On view from April 15-24, Thurs, Fri, Sat, from 1-5 pm

Possibly Possibly (Flag) & Statminlaxed
on view from April 14 onwards
(Outside the Pavilion)

Closing Party!!
April 30, 8-12 pm
Featuring experimental music by Von Bingen and dance party with DJ Magneticring!

Please Join us on April 8, from 7-9pm for the launch of 2 new projects:

A Poetry Reading: Occupying Minds
Thursday, April 8, 7pm. Free.

A reading on the theme of “the university” in conjunction with a projection of Sabine Bitter and Helmut Weber’s “The University Paradox”, an installation shown concurrently in Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna.

Organized by Jeff Derksen, a group reading of poets who work in and through the education industry. All language is in solidarity against "the shipwreck of the singular" (George Oppen) with all eyes on the future horizon.

The lineup of readers is: Clint Burnham, Stephen Collis, Jeff Derksen, Kim Duff, Reg Johanson, Larissa Lai, Donato Mancini, and Cecily Nicholson.

and

The University Paradox
A Projection by Bitter & Weber concurrently on view at Galerie Grita Insam, Vienna.

April 8, 1-9pm,
April 9 & 10, 1-5pm

A work of mediated images of student protests, university occupations, and political aesthetics from 1968 to today. Drawn from the archives of Simon Fraser University and documentation of the recent occupation of the University of Vienna, this exhibition of mediated photographs springs from the super stylish and super affective political and aesthetic revolutionary campus movements.

About The Pavilion
The Pavilion is a project by Langara College Artist-in-Residence Holly Ward. Symbolic of difference and utopian thinking, The Pavilion is a geodesic dome intended to serve as a catalyst for speculative thinking and artistic experimentation. The public is invited to attend the program of events taking place in The Pavilion from January through April 2010.

Location: The Pavilion, front lawn of Langara College 100 W.49th ave
1 block east of 49th ave Skytrain

The New Paradigm:
Models, Diagrams and Proposals for the Coming Age
the show is now over, but here are some shots of the exhibition

In this image from left to right:
Form to the Back by Devon Knowles, Encore by T&T, When I Stand on One Leg... by Geoffrey Farmer (partial view), and Object of Contemplation by Elizabeth Zvonar.

I Was a Fool to Wander and Stray 1. The Old Box (Idea That Failed
Not to be Viewed) & 2. All The Lights in Our Home by Ron Tran