Turvy, machine routered plywood, 2012
June 23 – July 15, 2012
Opening: Saturday, June 23, 2-5 p.m.
Q&A Session: Sunday, July 15th, 2-3 p.m.
loop Gallery
1273 Dundas Street West,
(3 doors west of Dovercourt).
Toronto, Ontario, M6J 1X8
T: 416.516.2581
E: loopgallery@primus.ca
Hours: Wed – Sat 12 – 5, Sun 1 – 4 p.m.
Turvy continues Smirle’s exploration of geographies of otherness, translated from aerial maps into hand and laser cut drawings. These works explore a narrative at the intersection of light, shadow, time, and place with special attention to how navigation and data-capture technologies twist and ‘tirve’ our world view, and how we as viewers are equally subject to observation by others.
Smirle is a mixed media artist whose work explores how new technologies distort our view of the world, and how we in turn are viewed by these mechanisms designed to track our movements. Smirle’s work is included in private and corporate collections in Canada, Australia and Europe. Her work was selected for inclusion in The Map as Art: Contemporary Artists Explore Cartography, published by Princeton Architectural Press. She is currently a MFA Candidate at Concordia University.