The Divers, 2015
Performance/installation
Documentation by Brendan Ko
Toronto-based artist Faith La Rocque and Denver-based artist Jaimie Henthorn have been working collaboratively, at a distance, since 2009. Their disparate locations have always been a defining characteristic of their collaboration and thus, communication within the artistic process is a major consideration. On April 23, 24, and 25 G Gallery will present their current project, The Divers, which explores communication through artwork - first as collaboration tool, and subsequently as a form of investing and conveying meaning.
Recently, the artists have been working on a series of pencil drawings generated by the Dadaist methodology of “exquisite corpse” exchanged via post, which has yielded an unexpected depth, unachievable with the extensive verbal planning that usually scaffolds collaborations. The drawings have been exhibited at Denver’s Groundswell Gallery (2013) and at De Luca Fine Art in Toronto (2014).
In The Divers, La Rocque and Henthorn apply this anachronistic methodology to the topic of transformation, desired or otherwise. These potential transformations may be gradual or sudden, generated by force or passivity. G Gallery will host art objects, installations, video works, and a continuous live performance by La Rocque accompanied by Henthorn via live web stream.