Programming
A Wilderness of Elsewheres
An exhibition by Yvette Poorter
Co-presented by Rad'a and DARE-DARE
Opening Reception and Book Launch
Saturday, April 6, 5:00–7:00 p.m.
Galerie Rad'a : 842 Gilford (métro Laurier, corner St-André)
Yvette Poorter lives and works in Montreal. Her artistic practice explores the simultaneous construction and collapse of ideas and objects. Concerned with the absurdity of everyday life, she develops projects in which the notions of beginning and end are deliberately absent. Through her work, Poorter seeks to create both a physical presence and a state of engaged perplexity. Drawn to confusion, she believes that within this charged terrain it is possible to uncover a displaced understanding. Whether working as a maker of objects, a pedestrian, a photographer, a reader, or a citizen, she pursues her practice both independently and collaboratively. Recent projects include Metaplace (Aomori Contemporary Art Center, Japan, September–December 2002) and Hybernation Dervish (Galerie Rad'a, Montreal, March 2002).