Sept 17 - Jan 9, 2011 Curated by Corinna Ghaznavi. Organised and circulated by The Robert McLaughlin Gallery with the Tom Thomson Art Gallery and the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery. September 17, 7 p.m. Public Opening Reception (free) September 16, 7 p.m. Public Talk with Curator Corinna Ghaznavi and Q&A with the artists (free)  In Residence from September 17 The && Collective will be working in response to the themes and work in sciencefictionsciencefair. Their first product launch in the Technology line takes place Oct 1.

Working with homemade electronics, salvaged materials and devices that support technology, like wires, lasers detectors, cables, audio frequencies or circuitry, the artists in sciencefictionsciencefair expose methodologies of science popularized when they were growing up, and exploit them to create sculpture, video and installations. The art work playfully investigates perception, illusion and considers the promises and dreams of science and science fictions.

" Sciencefictionsciencefair features three artists whose work is constantly responsive - especially with regards to history, technology and culture. Sharing this exhibition with Kitchener-Waterloo, a community whose past and present history is punctuated by technological innovation, provides us with an opportunity to highlight how artists might contribute to that conversation."  ~ Crystal Mowry, Curator of Exhibitions and Collections at The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery.

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Brian McKenna, De-Animator: The Long Slow Death of Nostalgia, 2009. Image courtesy of the artist.	Robyn Moody, Crackle, 2006, mixed media. Image courtesy of the artist and The Robert McLaughlin Gallery.

 

.	Power 1: Hope Lake (shown at left) is a precursor to Power 2: Heart Lake which will be shown as a part of sciencefictionsciencefair.