project spaces opens to the public in the form of a 100 page publication. This publication is the primary site of u’s multi-year exhibition with the Southern Alberta Art Gallery (offsite) where the 24 project space collaborations that began in 2022 can be experienced together in their most resolved state.
On the occasion of the publication launch - project space collaborations between Alberta Rose W./Ingniq, Rita McKeough, Anne Eastman and u will be on view.
The publication is designed by Laura F. Morel with support from Jason de Haan and features an essay by
Ana Iwataki.
The publication will be available for purchase for $25 through u’s and the Shop at SAAG.
Proceeds from the publication go towards construction costs of u’s hut in Diamond Valley.
project spaces, u, SAAG (offsite), Centre Village Mall, Lethbridge, AB. 2022. Photo by: Blaine Campbell.
project spaces timeline:
2022
• July 8 - August 6, 2022: u presented 24 project spaces in their empty, pre-collaboration state at a former dollar store in Centre Village Mall in Lethbridge, Alberta. In a storage room at the back of the store, u showed the video work artist talk.
• August 7 - September 4, 2022: u sent the empty project spaces to the 24 collaborators and installed diary entry 5 where the empty project spaces had previously been shown.
2022-2023
• Collaborations occurred between u and Amy Yao, Maggie Tiesenhausen, Nicole Kelly Westman, Anne Eastman, Elif Saydam, Kate Newby, Alberta Rose W./Ingniq, Ian Rosen, Francesca Percival, Lilou Vidal, Kai Matsumiya, Teresa Tam, Studio for Propositional Cinema, Jesse Birch, Annie Greenfield, Jason Striemer, Eve Johnson, Nicholas Granada, Rita McKeough, Zoe Koke, Ashes Withyman, Nour Mobarak, Darian Schoenne, and Gary Uchikura.
2024
• project spaces opens to the public in the form of this publication. At the launch collaborations between Alberta Rose W./Ingniq, Rita McKeough, Anne Eastman and u will be on view.
u’s would like to gratefully acknowledge Calgary Arts Development for their financial support of this project.