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Toronto, ON – For the fourth year running, The Power Plant is
pleased to announce that it will be offering free gallery
admission all summer through its ALL SUMMER, ALL FREE
program, thanks to the support of the Hal Jackman Foundation
and Media Partner NOW Magazine. This year, the
gallery’s featured summer exhibition is ‘Universal Code,’ a
large-scale group exhibition presenting responses from a broad
range of contemporary artists to cosmology and ideas of the
universal in our current information age.
Director of The Power Plant, Gregory Burke states, "This summer,
we’re delighted to present the work of some of the leading
artists from around the world in ‘Universal Code.’ We’re also
extremely grateful for the support of the Hal Jackman Foundation
and NOW Magazine for ensuring that Toronto audiences will
have free admission to the exhibition."
Burke continues, "The exhibition itself has been generously
supported by Lead Donors Nancy McCain & Bill Morneau, as
well as Support Donors Elisa Nuyten & David Dime, Laura Rapp
& Jay Smith and Garnet & Evan Siddall. The Power Plant is
extremely thankful for their integral support of ‘Universal
Code.’"
ALL SUMMER, ALL FREE was introduced by The Power Plant in the
summer of 2006 in an effort to increase access to the gallery
for the hundreds of thousands of visitors to the Harbourfront
Centre over the summer months. Since 2006, summer audiences to
the gallery have increased by over 800%. Last summer alone, the
gallery welcomed more than 75,000 visitors through its doors.
‘Universal Code’ is the latest in a series of summer exhibitions
organized by The Power Plant that bring together Canadian and
international artists from a variety of cultural positions to
reflect on topics driving the development of contemporary
culture. The exhibition includes artists who explore the
intricate relationships between our evolving understandings of
the cosmos; the production of scientific and cultural knowledge;
cultural and religious belief systems; information technologies
and global power relations. ‘Universal Code’ considers the
response of artists to these relationships in the aftermath of
globalization, reflecting the current complexity of the world we
inhabit. Ultimately their response is poetic, positioning the
universe as a void full of potential but also as a field riddled
by elision and enigma.
Artists in ‘Universal Code’: Adel Abdessemed, Franz Ackermann,
Angela Bulloch, Mircea Cantor, Janet Cardiff & George Bures
Miller, Cerith Wyn Evans, Henrik Håkansson, Antonia Hirsch,
Thomas Hirschhorn, Ann Veronica Janssens, Kimsooja, Jed Lind,
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, Josiah McElheny, Tania Mouraud, Gabriel
Orozco, The Otolith Group, Adrian Paci, Trevor Paglen, Katie
Paterson, Fred Tomaselli and Keith Tyson.
A further release will be issued shortly with full info on
‘Universal Code’ and The Power Plant’s wonderful and diverse
range of public programming scheduled for this summer.
The summer opening party for ‘Universal Code’ takes place on
Thursday 11 June from 8-11 PM (please note that this opening
takes place on a Thursday evening).
For more information on exhibitions and all public programs,
call 416-973-4949 or visit www.thepowerplant.org
The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery at Harbourfront
Centre 231 Queens Quay West, Toronto
Admission: ALL SUMMER, ALL FREE thanks to the support of
the Hal Jackman Foundation and Media Partner NOW Magazine
NEW Extended Summer Gallery Hours:
Tuesday to Sunday 12 – 6 PM
Friday, Saturday 12 – 8 PM
Closed Mondays (Open Holiday Mondays 12 – 6 PM)
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