Photo courtesy of Confederation Centre of the Arts. Architectural model for the Confederation Centre of the Arts, 1962
Lou Sheppard and William Robinson: Cabinet Music (Cantata for Erosion)
The unique exhibition combines audio and sculpture to reflect on the history of Confederation Centre of the Arts and the shifting perspectives on Canadian Confederation. The exhibition will feature a choral recording by The Saint David’s Singers (with soloist Janelle Lucyk) which harkens back to the choir performance at the Centre’s official opening in 1964. They will also explore the process of erosion, inspired by the sandstone cladding of the building as well as Prince Edward Island’s coastline.
Robinson and Sheppard are Halifax-based artists who have both been finalists for the Sobey Art Award, Canada’s leading visual arts prize. Their work generally involves processes of recontextualization and translation, in which information and objects culled from historical research, and investigation of architecture and archives, is transformed and rearranged into new configurations.