Image: Ron Benner, Trans/mission: Barley-Corn-Maize, installed in the Loft Gallery of the Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, 2019. Photo by Toni Hafkenscheid.
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Trans/mission: Barley-Corn-Maize
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Programming: Ron Benner's Corn Roast - July 19, 5 pm - 7.30 pm
Photos by Dominic Chan, courtesy of Art Museum at the University of Toronto, September 2018.
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The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington (VAC) is pleased to host a free public Corn Roast with Loft Gallery Commissioned artist, Ron Benner. Come out and enjoy some freshly cooked corn and barley soup prepared by the artist himself!
The Corn Roast is presented in conjunction with the VAC’s Loft Gallery Commission Program. 2019 marks the first time the VAC commissions an artist to create a year-long site-specific installation in the Loft Gallery. This program invites artists to engage with the history and site of the VAC in the context of a larger conversation explored through their practices. Trans/mission: Barley-Corn-Maize is Benner’s mixed media installation in response to the VAC’s existing structure formerly functioning as a barley mill. Benner traces back the production of corn and barley along with a series of other foods that have circulated throughout the world. Ron Benner has devoted his artistic career to researching the economy of food and the impacts of contemporary industrialized food systems. Concerned with seed circulation, farming methods, local community and globalization, his installation offers a visual account of his extensive investigation tracing the origins of our food. Ron Benner will be joined by London, Ontario based singer-songwriter Frank Ridsdale, who will entertain us with his music including a new song written for the event. Event details Location: Visual Arts Centre of Clarington Gardens Date: July 19, 5 pm - 7.30 pm Cost: FREE *This event is free for everyone - a suggested donation of $5 is appreciated |
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Trans/mission: Barley-Corn-Maize catalogue |
BiographyRon Benner is an internationally recognized, London (ON) based artist whose longstanding practice investigates the history and political economics of food cultures. Benner originally studied agriculture at the University of Guelph. Finding himself ethically opposed to bioengineering, he began to travel and research the politics of food. In 1995 he began working with the Rural Advancement Foundation International, Ottawa (RAFI). In 2000 he was awarded the Canada Council Studio in Paris. In 2005 he participated in Art, Geography and Invisibility at an international geography symposium in Olot, Catalonia, the University of Barcelona, Spain. In 2010 he was appointed Adjunct Research Professor in the Visual Arts Department, Western University, London, ON. Benner’s work has been shown in solo and group exhibitions at the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Museum London, Art Gallery of Ontario and many cultural institutions in Canada and internationally.
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