Free Shuttle Bus: Anoxic Memory

The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington (VAC) is pleased to announce our inaugural exhibition of the 2023 season, Maria Simmons’ Anoxic Memory. The VAC invites you to attend our Opening Reception on Saturday, February 11, 2023, from 2 - 4 PM. Simmons and curator Megan Kammerer will lead an Artist Talk from 2 - 3 PM. Light refreshments will be provided, including mead fermentations produced from the exhibition’s living artworks.

Visitors from Toronto are invited to take a free shuttle bus to the VAC, departing from Factory Theatre at 12 PM on Saturday, February 11. The bus will return visitors to Toronto after the event finishes. Registration for the shuttle bus is required.

About the exhibition:

Anoxic Memory is a sensory exhibition transforming the VAC’s galleries into an active peat mire. Simmons will create living installations that explore the natural biology and mythos of Canadian peatlands. From the dangerous to the health-restoring, the real to the imagined, the extractable to the preserved—our past and present are entangled in the mire. Visitors are invited to traverse the bog’s biological strata, uncovering the human histories preserved in its layers.