Three Way Mirror: Exhibition Opening & Screening

You're invited to join us for the opening of Three Way Mirror, an exhibition by Daniel Barrow, Glenn Gear and Paige Gratland.

Doors will open at 6PM, followed by a screening of selected works by the artists at 7PM and an artist talk at 8:30PM. Video and audio will be recorded during the artist talk.

Registration is required (and free!), and the capacity for this event is limited to 30 people. Please note that masks are required indoors unless actively eating or drinking.

From 5-6PM, we are offering a low-sensory, quiet hour (no food or drink) visiting experience. Please feel free to contact us via access@grunt.ca if you have any questions.

In a third iteration of their collaborative relationship, Generation X storytellers Barrow, Gear and Gratland continue to explore their shared affinity for queer reclamation strategies and decorative craft traditions during a two week residency at grunt in advance of the exhibition opening. Shaped by the upheavals and isolation of the last 3 years, the artists are exploring in situ the intimacy created when people work creatively together. It is a multi-faceted curiosity: the material intelligence of paper cutting, leather-work, weaving and beading–born in each of their practices through years of learning, intergenerational exchange and queer support networks–intersects with time-based storytelling, animation and documentary film. Woven throughout is a conversation with each other and the wider community, and Three Way Mirror finds in their shared sensibilities (and distinct practices) a space for queer craft legacies to be created, shared and have their stories told.

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grunt gallery is located on the unceded and ancestral territories of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh) Nations, who have lived in kinship with this land, water and air for thousands of years. We recognize and acknowledge their leadership and our own complicity in settler colonialism, its present occupation and its violent legacy. We acknowledge our responsibility to work actively in support of Indigenous sovereignty, and towards a respectful relationship with this place.

Accessibility:

grunt gallery is accessed from the sidewalk via a 106” long, 64” wide concrete ramp that rises 12”. The slope is 1 : 8.75. There are no rails on the ramp. The front entrance is a manually operated outward-swinging double door with a total width of 64”. Entry to the Media Lab behind the gallery space is via a 42” wide passage and entry to the neighbouring amenity space is through a manually operated outward swinging double door with a total width of 70”. No stairs, inclines, or elevators are necessary to access the public areas once inside the gallery.

grunt gallery has a single gender neutral washroom that is accessed via a 31” wide doorway with a sliding pocket door with a door handle that is 40” high. The toilet has a 10” clearance on the left side and a 21” clearance in front, with a support bar on the left side. The sink height is 34”. Please contact us via access@grunt.ca with any questions.

Image: Rose Garden Poem (detail) by Daniel Barrow, 2021. Courtesy of the artist.