BLOOMDOOMROOM
March 12 - April 8, 2021
Carolina Benitez, Sarah Davidson, Ryan Grover, HaeAhn Kwon, Colin Miner, Emmanuel Osahor, Dana Slijboom, Alex Tedlie-Stursberg, Soft Turns, SUM, Susannah van der Zaag, Laurence Veri, and Allanah Vokes
Curated by Daniel Griffin Hunt & Emma Welch
Video documentation can be seen here.
BLOOMDOOMROOM is an exhibition about flowering, fruiting, ecological fall-out, late stage environmental capitalism and art at the end of days.
Exhibition text written by Daniel Griffin Hunt available here.
Photo documentation courtesy of Alison Postma
Video documentation courtesy of Miles Rufelds
Soft Turns, reach, 2021, time-lapse stop-motion animation (6 minutes, 21 seconds loop), Audio: NASA seismometer recordings from Mars
Soft Turns would like to gratefully acknowledge the support of the Toronto Arts Council and the Canada Council for the Arts.
Colin Miner, Untitled (bloom), 2016-2021, zinc prints, variable (2” x 3” each)
Colin Miner, Untitled (red eye), 2017, mixed media, 8” x 10” x 3”
HaeAhn Kwon, The Baroness Model. 1874, 2021, ABS suitcase, water mixed with Confucius family liquor in ceramic bottles, pond pump, extension cord, latex tubing, aluminum wire, grounding plug and connector, Canon 50mm lens and lens caps, Styrofoam, ottchil (Korean lacquer), Plasti Dip, waterproofing putty and tape, pond liner, 30” x 40” x 11”
HaeAhn Kwon acknowledges the support of the Ontario Arts Council.
Dana Slijboom, Just a Bunny Girl, 2021, oil on canvas, 50” x 62”
Alex Tedlie-Stursberg, Woolly Marker, 2018, Fibreglass, Epoxy Resin, Sand, Wood, Found Fur, Fake Plant, 6’ x 1’ x 2’
Colin Miner, Untitled (bloom), 2016-2021, zinc prints, variable (2” x 3” each)
Susannah van der Zaag, Cymbidium, 2021, Inkjet print on archival paper, 19” x 14”
Carolina Benitez, mi familia de hormigas (1-11), 2020-2021, stoneware, mixed clay, Argentinian wool, thread, gold hoop, dimensions variable
Emmanuel Osahor, For a moment, 2021, oil on canvas, 72” x 90”
Sarah Davidson, Moss Perch, 2020, watercolour, ink, graphite and pencil crayon on paper, 12” x 8 3/4“
Sarah Davidson, Split, 2020, watercolour, ink, and pencil crayon on paper, 8” x 8 1/2“
Sarah Davidson, Fixation, 2021, watercolour, ink, and pencil crayon on paper, 12 1/4“ x 8 1/2“
Colin Miner, Untitled (red eye), 2017, mixed media, 7” x 11” x 3”
Colin Miner, Untitled (bloom), 2016-2021, zinc prints, variable (2” x 3” each)
Sum, 2021, Publication, 11 3/8“ x 14 7/8”
Sarah Davidson, Diapause, 2020, watercolour, ink, graphite and pencil crayon on paper, 12” x 8 3/4“
Susannah van der Zaag, Untitled arrangement, 2021, stoneware, hydrangea, amaranthus, anthurium, pedestal, dimensions variable
Susannah van der Zaag, Gloriosa, 2021, Inkjet print on archival paper,
16” x 14” framed
Susannah van der Zaag, Hellebore, 2021, Inkjet print on archival paper,
16” x 14” framed
Susannah van der Zaag, Cannabis, 2020, Inkjet print on archival paper, 16” x 14” framed
Laurence Veri, Untitled, 2020, porcelain, ilmenite, grog, 6 7/8” x 7 1/4” x 1/8”
Laurence Veri, Hymenocallis (Lis araignée), 2020, porcelain, ilmenite, grog, sand, 10 1/8” x 10” x 1/4”
Laurence Veri, Après un rêve, 2020, stoneware, ilmenite, grog, sand, 6 1/8” x 8 3/4” x 1/4”
Laurence Veri, Untitled, 2020, porcelain, ilmenite, sand, 6 3/4” x 6 1/2” x 1/4”
Allanah Vokes, Spring Beauty, 2021, DLP 3D printed resin, 7 1/2" x 5 1/2" x 2 1/2"
Colin Miner, Untitled (bloom), 2021, tarp print, 122 1/2 x 160 1/2”
Ryan Grover, still nothing yet, 2020 (ongoing), Phalaenopsis Orchid, steel bowl, salad spinner, dehumidifier, wooden stand, humidifier, cardboard box, space heater, wire rack, hot plate, pot, thermostat, rock, outlet timers, extension cables, dimensions variable
Sarah Davidson, Blurred, 2021, watercolour, ink, and pencil crayon on paper, 11 3/4“ x 9”
Colin Miner, Untitled (bloom), 2016-2021, zinc prints, variable (2” x 3” each)
Colin Miner, Untitled (bloom), 2016-2021, zinc prints, variable (2” x 3” each)
Colin Miner, Untitled (bloom), 2016-2021, zinc prints, variable (2” x 3” each)