Toronto Craft Alert

I’ve heard great things about Honest Threads and am looking forward to both seeing this show and hearing these folks talk about it….

Truth or Dare: Three perspectives on two projects by Iris Häussler
Panel discussion organized in conjunction with the exhibition Honest Threads
Thursday, March 5, 6:30 PM, Free
Honest Ed’s, 581 Bloor Street West

Featuring: Martha Baillie (Writer, Toronto), Shelley Hornstein (Professor of Architectural History, Urban and Visual Culture, York University), David Moos (Curator, Contemporary Art , Art Gallery of Ontario)

In a crossover between art, literature and theatre, Iris Häussler creates immersive environments that explore personal histories, either real or fictional. Integrating found and fabricated archives and artifacts in her installations, Häussler raises questions about the demarcation between art and everyday life. Engaging two of Toronto’s historically charged sites, the AGO’s Grange and Honest Ed’s, her current projects both challenge and bring new light to these landmarks, infusing them with new stories and renewing our affective attachment to them. Truth or Dare brings together three perspectives to discuss Häussler’s unique artistic approach, focusing primarily on these two projects.

Lending his expertise on Häussler’s work, AGO Curator David Moos will broadly discuss her artistic practice while focusing on the two current interventions that both emulate and subvert museum methodologies. Professor Shelley Hornstein will address the notion of memory as connected to the urban contexts in which the installations are presented. Martha Baillie will offer a writer’s point of view on Häussler’s narrative strategies that become frameworks for stories to be collectively generated and shared.