Of Several Depths at the plumb

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