{"id":8985,"date":"2014-04-10T15:23:31","date_gmt":"2014-04-10T22:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=8985"},"modified":"2014-04-15T13:47:56","modified_gmt":"2014-04-15T20:47:56","slug":"camosun-students-prepare-to-launch-elsewhere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2014\/04\/10\/camosun-students-prepare-to-launch-elsewhere\/","title":{"rendered":"Camosun students prepare to launch Elsewhere<\/em>"},"content":{"rendered":"

Twenty-seven second-year Visual Arts students are currently hard at work getting their graduation show, Elsewhere<\/i>, ready. The 37th graduation show put on by Camosun students in the program, Elsewhere<\/i>\u00a0has\u00a0an ambiguous title that has given the artists freedom to interpret and create as they see fit.<\/p>\n

Talking with two graduating students, Owen Parnell and Kellen Read, it becomes clear that art pieces in the show will be varied, making for a unique, multimedia collection.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn my 2-D work I\u2019m inspired largely by psychedelic art, complex geometries, and automatism,\u201d says Parnell. \u201cWorking impulsively. But at the same time trying to balance my impulse with some kind of structure to make it a conversation between control and lack of control.\u201d<\/p>\n

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A Camosun arts students prepares her work for Elsewhere<\/i> (photo provided).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Read started his time at Camosun in the Environmental Studies program, and never considered himself to be too creative.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really so informal when it comes to my practices,\u201d says Read. \u201cWhen it comes to painting I really don\u2019t like formalities. I pant with cardboard. I paint with my hands, and with spray-paint. I like to keep it dirt grimy, and like it should be on the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n

The two-year program is intensive and structured, something that was difficult for Parnell, who, prior to starting at Camosun, was already a professional artist. Though difficult at times, Parnell says he appreciates the way the constraints of the program were able to mold his perspective on art making.<\/p>\n

\u201cI didn\u2019t think that the type of work I liked doing could work in a gallery setting or in the contemporary art culture,\u201d says Parnell. \u201cBut, I\u2019ve realized that it actually can. I can harmonize with the kinds of things that I\u2019m interested in, and the kinds of things that are interesting to certain groups.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read admits to struggling with the formalities of art, and that he’s excited about the prospects of life post-graduation.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf anything this program has taught me time management, or, that we all we kinda lack it,\u201d says Read. \u201cI feel like for two years I haven\u2019t slept. I\u2019ve been here every Saturday, Sunday. I\u2019m really looking forward to finishing up at this point. I\u2019m heading down to L.A. and I just want to take in the street culture there, and see if it inspires anything.\u201d<\/p>\n

Elsewhere<\/i> means something different to all of the students that are a part of it. For Read, the name of the show parallels the anticipation around graduating.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo me, \u2018elsewhere\u2019 is what I\u2019ve been focusing on for two years,\u201d says Read. \u201cIt\u2019s a very broad term. I don\u2019t think that any of us have a great understanding of what we want to do, or where we want to go. We just know that we have somewhere to go, and that place is elsewhere.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the preparations for the exhibition are underway, Parnell is full of admiration for all of the work and time that his classmates have been putting into it.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve been committed to this beyond full time, 12-hour days or more to this for the past two years,\u201d says Parnell. \u201cThe show is going to be a culmination of that. So, it\u2019s going to be really, really good.\u201c<\/p>\n

Elsewhere
\n<\/i>April 17-24
\n11am-7pm
\nFree, 851 Yates St.
\nElsewhere on Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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