ADRIANA KUIPER AND RYAN SUTER
The Rusty Toque | Issue 11 | Visual Art | November 30, 2016
Yukon Sunburn, Parks Canada picnic table, magnifying glasses and found objects. 2013
Yukon Sunburn. Magnifying glass with supportive device. 2013
Yukon Sunburn. Magnifying glass with supportive device. 2013
Yukon Sunburn. Magnifying glass with supportive device. 2013
Yukon Sunburn. Magnifying glass with supportive device. 2013
Yukon Sunburn. Altered Postcard (front). 2013
Yukon Sunburn. Altered Postcard (back). 2013
Sackville Sunburn. Magnifying glass, found objects, reflective paper. 2015
Sackville Sunburn. Magnifying glass, found objects, reflective paper. 2015
STATEMENT ON WORK
During the summer of 2013 we were artists in residence it KIAC in Dawson City, Yukon, while we were there we experienced never-ending sunlight for the entire month of June. We decided to record the movement of the sun using burn marks left by the intense focal points from multiple magnifying glasses. These magnifying glasses were supported by whatever we had on hand in order to create the ideal distance necessary to start a flame. The burn marks took on two formats: first as “graffiti” that covers a Parks Canada picnic table in the yard of residence, and second as a series of Dawson City postcards that we used to record the time of the passing sun. The result was an accumulation of comet like marks literally illustrating the passage of time. We recently revisited this somewhat amateur experiment to make a video in our backyard in Sackville, New Brunswick. In this case the postcards were substituted with reflective paper that mirrors the sky above.
During the summer of 2013 we were artists in residence it KIAC in Dawson City, Yukon, while we were there we experienced never-ending sunlight for the entire month of June. We decided to record the movement of the sun using burn marks left by the intense focal points from multiple magnifying glasses. These magnifying glasses were supported by whatever we had on hand in order to create the ideal distance necessary to start a flame. The burn marks took on two formats: first as “graffiti” that covers a Parks Canada picnic table in the yard of residence, and second as a series of Dawson City postcards that we used to record the time of the passing sun. The result was an accumulation of comet like marks literally illustrating the passage of time. We recently revisited this somewhat amateur experiment to make a video in our backyard in Sackville, New Brunswick. In this case the postcards were substituted with reflective paper that mirrors the sky above.
ADRIANA KUIPER is an installation artist who lives and works in Sackville, New Brunswick. Her work explores of modified, hidden architectural structures meant to suggest safety from extreme forces, natural and otherwise. Provisionally built structures found in the local landscape and adaptations of existing instructions for “Do-It-Yourself” shelters and small buildings are the basis for her practice. Outdoor public installations of her work have been show recently at Songlines, Magdalen Islands, at Struts Gallery (Sackville), Nocturne (Halifax), Art in the Open (Charlottetown), Nuit Blanche (Toronto), and at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Kuiper’s work has been shown across Canada in cities such as Kitchener, Oakville, Vancouver and Calgary. Adriana Kuiper is a faculty member at Mount Allison University where she teaches sculpture and drawing. adrianakuiper.com/home.html
RYAN SUTER is a multi-media artist living and working in Sackville, New Brunswick. He has recently presented new media work as part of Halifax’s Nocturne Art at Night festival as well as Struts Gallery Not A Standard Appliance exhibition. Ryan also works in collaboration with his partner Adriana Kuiper where they have exhibited at the Confederation Centre for the Arts in Charlottetown PEI, the University of Saskatchewan Art Gallery and the Odd Gallery in Dawson City. Ryan is a regular part time faculty member at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and is currently the Manager of Faucet Media Arts in Sackville. He holds a BFA from the University of Ottawa and an MFA from the University of Guelph.
RYAN SUTER is a multi-media artist living and working in Sackville, New Brunswick. He has recently presented new media work as part of Halifax’s Nocturne Art at Night festival as well as Struts Gallery Not A Standard Appliance exhibition. Ryan also works in collaboration with his partner Adriana Kuiper where they have exhibited at the Confederation Centre for the Arts in Charlottetown PEI, the University of Saskatchewan Art Gallery and the Odd Gallery in Dawson City. Ryan is a regular part time faculty member at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and is currently the Manager of Faucet Media Arts in Sackville. He holds a BFA from the University of Ottawa and an MFA from the University of Guelph.
