Installation view of Eclipse, 2019, by Dan Hudson, Contemporary Calgary. Photography by the artist.

Planetary
January 23 - April 26, 2020

Contemporary Calgary is pleased to launch Planetary as one of our inaugural exhibitions in our new home at the former Centennial Planetarium. Grounded in contextual investigations around shaping vision through site and placemaking, 36 artists living in Calgary respond to our much beloved City landmark, creating work that draws upon the building’s architecture, its cosmological connections and its relationships to personal memory and nostalgia.

Planetary is an opportunity to consider the aspirations and ideologies driving the building design as it was realized in 1967 and its familiar role as a science centre for many decades thereafter. Through research, workshops and extensive site-specific residencies, artists addressed notions of futurity, technology, space travel and knowledge through a multiplicity of genres and mediums, both collaboratively and individually. Critically, Planetary is an occasion to reflect on our past and reignite our imaginations about the future of this site, our cultural landscape, and a vision for Contemporary Calgary that is welcoming, inclusive, engaging and relevant.

Rami Abdulnour, Mahwish Ahmed, Brittney Bear Hat, Richelle Bear Hat, Derek Beaulieu, Ashley Bedet, Noel Bégin, Morgan Campbell, Ali Ceaser & Cody Cox, Cîpayak ᒌᐸᕀ, Mark Clintberg, Bill Gardner, Guy Gardner, Rocio Graham, Brandon Hearty, Dan Hudson, Jennifer Ireland, Kriss Janik, Joe Kelly, Joanne MacDonald, Dan Cardinal McCartney, Tammy McDonald, Jeremy Pavka, Mireille Perron, Leah Petrucci, Shea Proulx, Rebecca Reid & Ryan Bourne, Alia Shahab & Michel Gignac, Lane Shordee, Teresa Tam, Alberta Rose W. / Ingniq, Tommi Watts, George Webber.

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