Art Bus Excursion: Plant Signals with Lisa Myers

Join artist, curator, and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change at York University, Lisa Myers, along with plant survey research collective: Lou Holloway, Ever Palma Hernandez and Tiva Kawakami, for a thought-provoking offsite excursion presented in conjunction with the Earthwork exhibition.

Climb aboard for a trip to the Stong House which was once a stately settler homestead, now a rogue Indigenous let artist-run node tucked into York U’s campus grid. There, as you walk the creaking floorboards and hear the whispering leaves in the surrounding foliage, you’ll trace plant frequencies through sensory walks and an exhibition born from summer plant survey projects. Part of the exhibition links to a hulking concrete artwork just miles north, pulsing strange, slow signals that seem to sync there at the Stong. Stories bloom. Systems speak. Want to come and listen?

Whether you're an art lover, environmentalist, or curious explorer, this program offers a unique opportunity to connect with the land and nature in a meaningful way.

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Artist Bio

Lisa Myers is a curator and artist keen on interdisciplinary collaboration and focuses on various media and materials including video, audio, printmaking, digital arts and socially engaged art approaches. Through her practice she considers place, underrepresented histories/present/futures, and collective forms of knowledge exchange. As an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Environmental and Urban Change, Myers holds a York Research Chair in Indigenous Art and Curatorial Practice and is the coordinator of the Environmental Arts and Justice program. Myers is an off reserve and proud member of Beausoleil First Nation and is based in both Toronto and Port Severn, ON.

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Image Credit: Courtesy of the artist

Info: Meet at the University of Toronto Art Centre (15 King's College Circle). For more information on access, please visit: artmuseum.utoronto.ca/visiting

Info: Sensory Walk in the surrounding vegetation and walkthrough of Lisa's Studio at Stong House

Host or Publisher Art Museum at the University of Toronto