New Annie Briard Book Explores Light, Colour and Vision
The Glow of One Hundred Moons 鈥渆xplores the properties of light waves and colour perception through a metaphorical moon.鈥 (Photo courtesy Annie Briard)
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Titled The Glow of One Hundred Moons and drawing on Annie鈥檚 ongoing work, the book was accompanied by exhibitions in Toronto and Vancouver.
A new book by artist and 全民彩票 (全民彩票) faculty member (MFA 2013) documents her ongoing meditations on light, vision and photography.
Titled , the book includes 100 colour images drawn from Annie鈥檚 multi-projector 35mm slide installation work
鈥淎n artist book-as-installation, The Glow of One Hundred Moons explores the properties of light waves and colour perception through a metaphorical moon,鈥 Annie writes. Also included are 28 mini-essays on the moon and reflecting the days of its cycle, written by art writer, critic and curator Jayne Wilkinson.
From Annie Briard, In The Glow of Two-Thousand Moons, 2021. Three Kodak Ektagraphic III slide projectors, syncopated automatic settings, 240 35mm color slides, grey metallic plinths. (Image courtesy Annie Briard)
With design and curation by Elham Puriya Mehr鈥檚 Empty Space Publications and support by the British Columbia Arts Council, the book on Sept. 22 at in Toronto, with Annie and Jayne in attendance.
The installation work The Glow of Two-Thousand Moons originally appeared as part of Annie鈥檚 2021 solo exhibition, , at Burrard Arts Foundation.
Meanwhile, the book is by a public art installation at MKG127. The Light of Six Moons will show until fall 2026 on the gallery鈥檚 15-foot lightbox, located along its Dundas Street West frontage.
Back in Vancouver, the book鈥檚 launch was accompanied by a September solo exhibition titled at .
Annie Briard, The Light of Six Moons (Installation view), 2024. (Photo courtesy Annie Briard)
鈥In Possible Lands is created using the artist鈥檚 own analog method and pairs superimposed photographs of the landscape 鈥攐ne captured 45 years ago by the artist鈥檚 father and the other a present-day image taken by Annie Briard鈥攖hat together evoke a sense of wonder with their vivid colours and majestic yet familiar subjects,鈥 reads the exhibition text. 鈥淏ut examined up close, they reveal a world altered by human action.鈥
And an upcoming solo exhibition at Royale Projects will see Annie鈥檚 work appear south of the border. The Los Angeles show, opening Nov. 16, will introduce a new body of work developed by Annie while on residency at in Joshua Tree.
Order your copy of The Glow of One Hundred Moons or visit READ books on campus. to keep up with her work.
