Holly Schmidt
In residence: 2016, 2017, 2018
Holly’s project emerged from a series of visits between 2016 and 2018 to the Sunshine Coast. Holly began without knowing what she might be interested in exploring, and allowed a period of slow development to lead her to her final project, described below.
Accretion
From: http://hollyschmidt.ca/#accretion-2017
Emerging from a residency that traverses sites and situations, Accretion examines the contemporary condition of precarity through a particular granite used in the construction of civic buildings at the turn of the last century and in recent developments along False Creek. This project documents through video, photo and writing the extraction of a stone from the Hardy Island Quarry, it’s transportation by barge to the Mainland, and its transformation into building material. Accretion acts as a reflection on the confluence of geological and historical time as humans act as geomorphic agents modifying land forms, alongside natural forces such as wind, water, and the shifting of tectonic plates.
Accretion is part of 10 Different Things, curated by Kate Armstrong and supported by Living Labs at Emily Carr University, CityStudio Vancouver (founded by Duane Elverum and Janet Moore), and The City of Vancouver Public Art Program.
Holly Schmidt is a Vancouver artist with a research-based practice that engages processes of collaboration and informal pedagogy. Moving across disciplinary boundaries, she explores the relationships between practices of making, knowledge creation and the formation of temporary communities. Her exhibition, public art and residency projects include Pollen Index (2016) Charles H. Scott Gallery, Till (2014/15) with the Santa Fe Art Institute Food Justice Residency, Mess Hall (2013) Banff Centre Residency, Moveable Feast (2012) Burnaby Art Gallery, Grow (2011) Other Sights for Artists’ Projects. Upcoming projects are Midnight Picnic (2018) Boca Del Lupo, Locals Only (2018) AKA Gallery, and Accretion (2018) 10 Different Things with ECUAD Living Labs, City Studio and Vancouver Public Art.
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