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Kerri Flanniganʼs highly researched and deeply personal How to Build a Fire is a sprawling multi-disciplinary piece that explores connections to nature, changing climates, and wildfire, all through the artistʼs tenuous relationship with their father, a fire scientist. Bridging their visual art and experimental theatre practices, Kerri Flannigan combines illustration, animation, installation, performance, and diaristic storytelling in this timely exhibition.…
Curated by Zoë Chan with Shaun Dacey
Influenced by evocations of bucolic Acadia in Classical Greek art and literature, the pastoral genre of the Renaissance consisted of painted depictions of idyllic settings occupied by shepherds living in peaceful harmony with nature. Unenthused by the crowds, noise, and filth of the industrialized city, Romantic artists of the eighteenth and nineteenth century …
