Natalie Majaba Waldburger participating in group show at the Gladstone Hotel.
Grow Op 2019
GROW OP 2019 created & produced by the Gladstone Hotel
Grow Op at the Gladstone Hotel celebrates its seventh year with an exhibition of art, design and ideas across a range of disciplines. The 2019 edition considers ENERGY; Clean energy, dirty energy, social energy, positive energy, negative energy, climate energy, embodied energy, resilient energy. Do we hoard, waste, commodify, burn it, or do we store, reuse, renew it? How humans and other species live within and without natural systems of growth, change, abundance, scarcity, decay and life.
Curated by Christine Leu and Alan Webb of LeuWebb Projects, with Lee Petrie, Exhibitions Director, Gladstone Hotel.
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STATEMENT
This project responds to the theme of Grow Op this year by considering the term energy in relational terms, as experienced by diverse organisms and social systems. This biodegradable and consumable artwork simultaneously considers the energy required in the absorption of light for the production of chlorophyll, the nutrient energy of plants to humans and in their consumption, the social forces ascribing value to foods and fads, gentrification of communities, and the energy used in artificially controlling and maintaining plants.
Dates and times
Wed Apr 17: 7pm – 9pm
Thurs Apr 18: 11am- 10pm, Exhibition party 7-10pm
Fri Apr 19: 11am – 9pm
Sat Apr 20: 10am – 5pm
Sun Apr 21: 10am – 5pm
Admission
General admission $10
Family of 4 $25 (1 or 2 adults and 2 or 3 children age 12 and under)
School groups Free (sponsored by Victoria Taylor Landscape Architect. Advance
booking. Contact lee@gladstonehotel.com)
Students $5 with student ID
List of artists
Maria Thereza Alves*, Sally Ayre, David Ballantine, Bruno Billio, Sarah Carlson, Shaun de Rooy, Joseph Farrugia, Noni Kaur, Mary Kavanagh, Dana Korre, Justin Langille and Jennifer Martin, Peter Mettler, Sarah Moreau, Sarah Norman and Julia Smachylo, Cindy Norton, Leah Oates, Julie Pasila, Chrissy Poitras and Kyle Topping and Jennie Suddick, Leah Oates, Meghan Price, Jessica Rysyk, The Grove Public School, The Stomata Collective, Tosca Teran, Ryan van der Hout, Natalie Majaba Waldburger, Alicia Wright, Daniel Rotsztain, Native Land.
*presented in partnership with the Toronto Biennial