INHERIT, REVISE, REPEAT
Lea Bucknell
The Cube
September 18 to October 31, 2015
Curated by Craig Willms, Assistant Curator, Kamloops Art Gallery
In her solo exhibition Inherit, Revise, Repeat, Lea Bucknell’s new body of work observes, dissects and recognizes people's attachment to place. Bucknell explores two modes of memory most often associated with creating a sense of place. The first mode relates to stories told about a place. These are often informal and personal accounts that get passed from one generation to the next in order to build a picture of shared histories. The second mode is a form of symbolic heritage, one that relies on mnemonic triggers to initiate meaning. These consist of more formal or official records of a place, such as monuments, architecture, symbols and objects that represent stories or figures from the past. They are used to imprint a specific telling of history on a place. Using both personal history and community research, Bucknell creates a selection of images, texts and sculptures that investigate connections people have to Kamloops in an attempt to understand what makes this city distinct.
Lea Bucknell is a Kamloops-based artist and educator who works across disciplines. She has often shown in unconventional exhibition spaces and created site-specific projects. Bucknell has participated in multiple residency projects such as the Storefront Residencies for Social Innovation and Homework with Broken City Lab in Windsor, Ontario; Forest City Garden Project with the McIntosh Gallery in London, Ontario; Wreck City: an epilogue for 809 in Calgary, Alberta; and more recently, The Midnight Sun Camera Obscura Festival hosted by the Klondike Institute of Art and Culture in Dawson City, Yukon.
Generously sponsored by Valley First Insurance
Installation view of Lea Bucknell: Inherit, Revise, Repeat
Photo: Devon Lindsay
