EXHIBITION UPDATE

This project is now a part of the exhibition 'Quiet Stories from Canadian Places'.  See heathercline.ca
for more information.

Video Overview

This video is a brief description of the project.

Additional Video from the Exhibition

The Exhibition

Heather Cline 

Populating Veduta - Contemporary Cityscapes
An Exhibition at the Art Gallery of Regina 

October 20 to 

November 21, 2010 

In this exhibition, artist Heather Cline has taken the 18 century 'Veduta'  (birdseye view) genre and adapted it to the 21 century right here in Regina.  Unlike historical cityscapes where people have traditionally played a minor role, these paintings focus on the social history of a community. 

This body of work was launched with a performance collaboration between Cline and performance artist Michelle Sereda in 2009 at an installation entitled 'The Office for Identity Collection'.  The performance included a panoramic film shoot of the Cathedral Neighborhood documenting some of the people who live, work, and play in the area. Cline also conducted 

audio and video interviews, collecting the stories that became the basis for this show.  Using the film, Cline translated her research into the community - both past and present - into this series of ‘historic’ paintings and companion video shorts that capture the lives of everyday people in Regina. 

Opening Reception: Wednesday, November 3, 7-9 pm 

Artist Talk: Monday, November 8, 7:30 pm 

Art Gallery of Regina, Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre, 2420 Elphinstone Street,  Regina 

(parking access via 15 Avenue & McTavish Street)    522-5940    www.artgalleryofregina.ca 

The Office for Identity Collection

Office for Identity Collection- Populating Veduta: Contemporary Cityscapes

A film production translated to large-scale paintings.

CONTACT: Heather Cline hmcline@sasktel.net.

                                                   Inside the office for Identity Collection

Between June 1-7^th , 2009, Mixed Media Artist Heather Cline in collaboration with Michele Sereda of ‘Curtain Razors’ created a performance piece that documented individual lives and culminated with a sweeping panoramic film shoot of the Cathedral Village neighbourhood.

Using a multi-media method, the artists (Michele Sereda and Heather Cline) collected brief stories and incidental information about people who live and work in the Cathedral neighbourhood at ‘The Office for Identity Collection’, at Mysteria Gallery in Regina Saskatchewan.

On Sunday June 7^th, 2009, 13^th Ave. was the site of the final ‘Citizens of Veduta’ performance, a large-scale film shoot, working in collaboration with Wolfsun Productions. Participants from the Identity Collection project were strategically placed along the length of 13^th Ave. between Angus St. and Garnet St. and captured on film.

In the fall of 2010 the Art Gallery of Regina will feature an exhibition of these paintings. Created by mixed media artist Heather Cline, the works will include layers of text and photographic imagery that share some of the stories of the people who populate the cityscape. These works will have the visual impact of large-scale historic paintings with the added detail of the Veduta style-intricate depictions of city geography.