LOCATION
DEADHEAD
Hosted by the Vancouver Maritime Museum in Heritage Harbour
1905 Ogden Avenue, Vancouver, BC
June 14 – September 3, 2014
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All visitors to Deadhead public events receive a 25% discount on admission to the Vancouver Maritime Museum.
June 15, Sunday, 2 – 5 pm Opening Reception (on the barge)*
Join us in celebrating the arrival and the completion and presentation of DEADHEAD. Artists in attendance.
July 5, Saturday, 2 – 5 pm Open House (on the barge)*,
Flag-making workshop (2 – 4 pm at the Vancouver Maritime Museum)
The artwork will be open to the public this afternoon. Come experience and explore the sculpture enigmatic nooks and crannies of this unique work.
July 19, Saturday, 3:30 + 4:45 pm Narvaez Bay: Tidal Predictions” by Mark Timmings, co-composed with Stephen Morris, performed by the Vancouver Chamber Choir. (on the barge)
This multi-disciplinary project represents a unique collaboration between Other Sights for Artists’ Projects, the Vancouver Maritime Museum, and the Vancouver Chamber Choir, to present “Narvaez Bay, Tidal Predictions” a conceptual work by Mark Timmings and co-composed by Mark Timmings and Stephen Morris. Based on actual tide levels, lunar cycles and solar equinoxes and solstices, this three-part score will be performed by the Vancouver Chamber Choir under the direction of Jon Washburn aboard “Deadhead”, a floating artwork
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This work is also being performed:
Friday, July 18, 8:00 p.m.
Ryerson United Church
2195 45th Avenue West, Vancouver
(free performance, first-come)
Narvaez Bay: Tidal Predictions motif ©Mark Timmings
August 7, Thursday, 6 – 7:30 pm Artist Talk with Cedric Bomford (Vancouver Maritime Museum)
Born in Vancouver and raised on Vancouver Island, Cedric Bomford currently lives and works in Winnipeg, where he is an Assistant Professor in the School of Art at the University of Manitoba. His installation and photographic work has been exhibited in Canada as well as internationally in Germany, Sweden, Australia, the United Kingdom, Iran, and Taiwan. He has also participated in residencies in Europe, Asia, Australia, and North America. Bomford holds an MFA from the Malmö Art Academy (2007) and a BFA from Emily Carr University, Vancouver (2003).
August 24, Sunday, 2 – 5pm Open House (on the barge)*
The artwork will be open to the public this afternoon. Come experience and explore the sculpture enigmatic nooks and crannies of this unique work.
In addition to on-board activities, passersby may hear occasional drifting duets at sunset.
