Visual Art & Encounters
In the Water with Maggie Flynn
In the Water is a research and performance project that outlines the interconnections between extractive industries and arts institutions in Canada. The space of performance offers a moment to consider the impact of extractive industries on our material world, our economy, and platforms for artistic expression in Canada.
In the Water Performance
Thursday, May 27, 7:00-8:00PM
From where does the wealth that funds our art institutions trickle down? Flynn will offer precise answers to this question via by-registration Zoom performance. Performance followed by an audience Q&A.
In the Water Guided Collaborative Research Session
Wednesday, May 5, 7:00-8:00PM
Flynn will introduce key research tools to apply when seeking information on public or private institutions in Canada. To demonstrate some of the possibilities of these tools, Flynn will walk through her research process on questions related to extractive industries and the economic underpinnings of art institutions in Canada. Attendees are encouraged to bring their own research questions to investigate as part of this by-registration Zoom session.
Maggie Flynn
is an artist and organizer. Her practice feels like: (listening to all the sounds of a word) x (hard pragmatism) x (deep pleasure). These feelings are explored through artist books, performances, and installations. Her work has been shown throughout Canada with organizations like the Art Gallery of York University, Intersite Festival, The Rhubarb Festival, The Workers Arts and Heritage Centre, M:ST, 7a*md8, and the New Gallery. She has also contributed to the cultural field through staff roles at Medalta in the Historic Clay District and Whippersnapper Gallery.
Flynn is a settler of Irish and French ancestry. She was raised on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe peoples of the Three Fires Confederacy, the people of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Wendat people. She now lives on unceded land that is the traditional territory of the Abenaki people.