Artists: Alana Bartol, Erika DeFreitas, Anna Eyler, Nicolas Lapointe, Dana Prieto, Maria Simmons, Angela Snider, Sara Stern, Kate Whiteway
Exhibition title: Of Several Depths
Curated by: Miles Rufelds
Venue: the plumb, Toronto, Canada
Date: April 14 – May 24, 2021
Photography & Design: all images copyright of Alison Postma and the plumb
Of Several Depths is composed of works that engage “the subterranean” in one way or another — as a sprawling nexus of contested material systems, or as a physical distillation of broader, more occulted feelings and ideas. Collectively these projects present a multilayered picture of the underground, where imperialist resource extraction and industrial machinery collide with long, mysterious histories of poetic and more-than-natural speculation.
Angela Snieder, Diorama 5, 2017, Photopolymer print on Japanese paper, chine-collé on rag paper, 22” x 29” (image), 30” x 40” (sheet)
Angela Snieder, Diorama 5, 2017, Photopolymer print on Japanese paper, chine-collé on rag paper, 22” x 29” (image), 30” x 40” (sheet)
Anna Eyler + Nicolas Lapointe, derrick_2, 2021, plexiglas, electronics, 12″ x 12″ x 4″
Kate Whiteway, In the Rough, 2021, Exhibition of books, video, prints, and painting exploring the diamond mining and healing crystal industries
Dana Prieto, 1:10,000, 2018, Glazed black stoneware, hand made with clay from territories surrounding Bajo de la Alumbrera mine, Catamarca, Argentina. Wooden box, gold leaf engraving
Angela Snieder, Diorama 1, 2017, Photopolymer print on Japanese paper, chine-collé on rag paper, 22” x 29” (image), 30” x 40” (sheet)
Of Several Depths, 2021, exhibition view, the plumb, Toronto
Anna Eyler + Nicolas Lapointe, derrick_1, 2021, plexiglas, electronics, 12″ x 12″ x 4″
Anna Eyler + Nicolas Lapointe, derrick_1, 2021, plexiglas, electronics, 12″ x 12″ x 4″
Angela Snieder, Diorama 3, 2017, Photopolymer print on Japanese paper, chine-collé on rag paper, 22” x 29” (image), 30” x 40” (sheet)
Of Several Depths, 2021, exhibition view, the plumb, Toronto
Maria Simmons, Wavelength of a Spore/Attachment, 2020, Polypropeline prints, grow lights, birch plywood, Mother of Thousands, silicone, plastic bags, grogged clay, potting soil, dirt, microbial culture, brick, latex gloves, cement, golf ball, hardened plastic tubing, plumbob, 5 euro note, pheasant feathers, photographic slides, moss, usnea lichen, ear plugs, shrink wrap, nylon rope, steel wool, honeycomb, beaver wood shavings, fermented garbage* (velvet ribbon, iPhone charger, Skittles®, fidget spinner, newspaper bag, succulent leaves, apple juice, wristband), Heinz® ketchup packets, Encapso™ k, GooGone®, Maynard’s Sour Patch Kids™ mango wrapper, Trident gum insert, Reese’s Pieces®, Energizer Max® box, sticky note with “oyster” written on it, salt, water *Fermented 3 years; dimensions variable
Maria Simmons, Wavelength of a Spore/Attachment, 2020, Polypropeline prints, grow lights, birch plywood, Mother of Thousands, silicone, plastic bags, grogged clay, potting soil, dirt, microbial culture, brick, latex gloves, cement, golf ball, hardened plastic tubing, plumbob, 5 euro note, pheasant feathers, photographic slides, moss, usnea lichen, ear plugs, shrink wrap, nylon rope, steel wool, honeycomb, beaver wood shavings, fermented garbage* (velvet ribbon, iPhone charger, Skittles®, fidget spinner, newspaper bag, succulent leaves, apple juice, wristband), Heinz® ketchup packets, Encapso™ k, GooGone®, Maynard’s Sour Patch Kids™ mango wrapper, Trident gum insert, Reese’s Pieces®, Energizer Max® box, sticky note with “oyster” written on it, salt, water *Fermented 3 years; dimensions variable
Maria Simmons, Wavelength of a Spore/Attachment, 2020, Polypropeline prints, grow lights, birch plywood, Mother of Thousands, silicone, plastic bags, grogged clay, potting soil, dirt, microbial culture, brick, latex gloves, cement, golf ball, hardened plastic tubing, plumbob, 5 euro note, pheasant feathers, photographic slides, moss, usnea lichen, ear plugs, shrink wrap, nylon rope, steel wool, honeycomb, beaver wood shavings, fermented garbage* (velvet ribbon, iPhone charger, Skittles®, fidget spinner, newspaper bag, succulent leaves, apple juice, wristband), Heinz® ketchup packets, Encapso™ k, GooGone®, Maynard’s Sour Patch Kids™ mango wrapper, Trident gum insert, Reese’s Pieces®, Energizer Max® box, sticky note with “oyster” written on it, salt, water *Fermented 3 years; dimensions variable
Maria Simmons, Wavelength of a Spore/Attachment, 2020, Polypropeline prints, grow lights, birch plywood, Mother of Thousands, silicone, plastic bags, grogged clay, potting soil, dirt, microbial culture, brick, latex gloves, cement, golf ball, hardened plastic tubing, plumbob, 5 euro note, pheasant feathers, photographic slides, moss, usnea lichen, ear plugs, shrink wrap, nylon rope, steel wool, honeycomb, beaver wood shavings, fermented garbage* (velvet ribbon, iPhone charger, Skittles®, fidget spinner, newspaper bag, succulent leaves, apple juice, wristband), Heinz® ketchup packets, Encapso™ k, GooGone®, Maynard’s Sour Patch Kids™ mango wrapper, Trident gum insert, Reese’s Pieces®, Energizer Max® box, sticky note with “oyster” written on it, salt, water *Fermented 3 years; dimensions variable
Maria Simmons, Wavelength of a Spore/Attachment, 2020, Polypropeline prints, grow lights, birch plywood, Mother of Thousands, silicone, plastic bags, grogged clay, potting soil, dirt, microbial culture, brick, latex gloves, cement, golf ball, hardened plastic tubing, plumbob, 5 euro note, pheasant feathers, photographic slides, moss, usnea lichen, ear plugs, shrink wrap, nylon rope, steel wool, honeycomb, beaver wood shavings, fermented garbage* (velvet ribbon, iPhone charger, Skittles®, fidget spinner, newspaper bag, succulent leaves, apple juice, wristband), Heinz® ketchup packets, Encapso™ k, GooGone®, Maynard’s Sour Patch Kids™ mango wrapper, Trident gum insert, Reese’s Pieces®, Energizer Max® box, sticky note with “oyster” written on it, salt, water *Fermented 3 years; dimensions variable
Of Several Depths, 2021, exhibition view, the plumb, Toronto
Alana Bartol, Hag’s Taper, 2020, HDV 03:00 (loop)
Alana Bartol, Hag’s Taper, 2020, HDV 03:00 (loop)
Alana Bartol, Hag’s Taper, 2020, HDV 03:00 (loop)
Kate Whiteway, In the Rough, 2021, Exhibition of books, video, prints, and painting exploring the diamond mining and healing crystal industries
Kate Whiteway, In the Rough, 2021, Exhibition of books, video, prints, and painting exploring the diamond mining and healing crystal industries
Kate Whiteway, In the Rough, 2021, Exhibition of books, video, prints, and painting exploring the diamond mining and healing crystal industries
Kate Whiteway, In the Rough, 2021, Exhibition of books, video, prints, and painting exploring the diamond mining and healing crystal industries
Kate Whiteway, In the Rough, 2021, Exhibition of books, video, prints, and painting exploring the diamond mining and healing crystal industries
Lucy Lord Campana, The Graff Lesedi La Rona (TOMRA XRT raw and classified image), 2021, series of three watercolours, 10 x 10.5/8” (Part of In the Rough)
Kate Whiteway, In the Rough, 2021, Exhibition of books, video, prints, and painting exploring the diamond mining and healing crystal industries
Erika DeFreitas, a stammer inclined still, 2019, solvent transfer on paper, 12″ x 12″ each (series of 24)
Anna Eyler + Nicolas Lapointe, derrick_2, 2021, plexiglas, electronics, 12″ x 12″ x 4″
Of Several Depths, 2021, exhibition view, the plumb, Toronto
Of Several Depths, 2021, exhibition view, the plumb, Toronto
Dana Prieto, 1:10,000, 2018, Glazed black stoneware, hand made with clay from territories surrounding Bajo de la Alumbrera mine, Catamarca, Argentina. Wooden box, gold leaf engraving
Dana Prieto, 1:10,000, 2018, Glazed black stoneware, hand made with clay from territories surrounding Bajo de la Alumbrera mine, Catamarca, Argentina. Wooden box, gold leaf engraving
Dana Prieto, Footnotes for an adage, 2020, Digital print on vellum, copy of a medical report documenting the effects of Bajo de la Alumbrera mine on people’s health in Andalgalá, a community downstream from the pit. Natural clay rock from Hualfín, Catamarca
Dana Prieto, 1:10,000, 2018, Glazed black stoneware, hand made with clay from territories surrounding Bajo de la Alumbrera mine, Catamarca, Argentina. Wooden box, gold leaf engraving
Dana Prieto, Drifting, 2020, Digital video and sound on LED monitor, 1:09min loop
Of Several Depths, 2021, exhibition view, the plumb, Toronto
Erika DeFreitas, a stammer inclined still, 2019, solvent transfer on paper, 12″ x 12″ each (series of 24)
Erika DeFreitas, a stammer inclined still, 2019, solvent transfer on paper, 12″ x 12″ each (series of 24)
Anna Eyler + Nicolas Lapointe, derrick_3, 2021, plexiglas, electronics, 12″ x 12″ x 4″
Anna Eyler + Nicolas Lapointe, derrick_3, 2021, plexiglas, electronics, 12″ x 12″ x 4″
Of Several Depths, 2021, exhibition view, the plumb, Toronto
Angela Snieder, Diorama 4, 2017, Photopolymer print on Japanese paper, chine-collé on rag paper, 22” x 29” (image), 30” x 40” (sheet)
Angela Snieder, Diorama 4, 2017, Photopolymer print on Japanese paper, chine-collé on rag paper, 22” x 29” (image), 30” x 40” (sheet)
Of Several Depths, 2021, exhibition view, the plumb, Toronto
Sara Stern, Rehearsal for Crawl Space Expiration, 2018, 19th century foundation vent, insulation foam, installation detritus, single-channel video with sound. 15 minute loop
Sara Stern, Rehearsal for Crawl Space Expiration, 2018, 19th century foundation vent, insulation foam, installation detritus, single-channel video with sound. 15 minute loop
Sara Stern, Rehearsal for Crawl Space Expiration, 2018, 19th century foundation vent, insulation foam, installation detritus, single-channel video with sound. 15 minute loop
Sara Stern, Rehearsal for Crawl Space Expiration, 2018, 19th century foundation vent, insulation foam, installation detritus, single-channel video with sound. 15 minute loop
