lyla rye: reception

Join us for the Opening Reception of Kiosk
By Lyla Rye
Commissioned by Cadillac Fairview
for the Encounters with Art series

January 15, 2009 6-9 pm

Spring Rolls Restaurant
Fairview Mall
1800 Sheppard Ave. East (Don Mills)
TTC: Yonge-Sheppard subway line, Don Mills station

Lyla Rye: Kiosk 2008. www.lylarye.com

Kiosk is a video sculpture designed to resemble an empty mall kiosk. Although empty of objects for sale, it is filled with desire in the form of two projected videos. In these videos, a woman arranges objects for display in increasingly unusual ways provoking questions about why we choose to display only certain objects. The manner of filming causes her to merge with the kiosk.

Kiosk is on exhibit on the Lower level of Fairview Mall near H&M until April 12, 2009. Fairview Mall is directly accessible by the Yonge-Sheppard subway and attracts 15 million visitors annually.

Commissioned as the inaugural installment of the Encounters with Art series, Rye's Kiosk was selected from a shortlist of artists by a panel including curatorial advisor, Gordon Hatt. The Encounters with Art series presents contemporary art to the general populace within the framework of a shopping centre. By commissioning site specific work within a familiar setting, the series challenges people's perception of art.

Generously supported by Cinema Stage, Sanyo, and Spring Rolls by Thai Pan.

Info Contact: Mary Pan at 647-868-6989 | mary.pan@sympatico.ca
www.fairviewmall.ca