In the context of Delimit, artist Colin Miner reflects on his research for Moire’s digital publication Ken Lum: and space, Across time, in a presentation that is partly a tutorial, partly an artist talk. Drawing from the process of a cat-walk, a walk looking for cats, Miner will discuss the role played by virtual maps and street views, image making, site responsiveness, and context in his work, followed by a Q&A.

About the artist

The fugitive and the cyclical are ongoing departure points for Colin Miner, whose practice takes form through assemblage, composition, and duration. Recent solo exhibitions include La Datcha (Berlin), and 8eleven (Toronto). His work has been part of group exhibitions at the Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver), 2nd Kamias Triennial (Quezon City), and the Beijing Center of Art (Beijing). Miner has been an artist in residence at the Banff Centre for the Arts (Canada) and Tambopata Research Center (Peru). Ongoing projects include MOIRE, a digital publication established by Liza Eurich, Ella Dawn, and Miner in 2012, which focuses on artistic practice through the production of texts, interviews, images, and collaborative projects, and the experimental exhibition space: Moire’s catwalk.

About Delimit

The interface of Delimit is multifold. It starts with an open call for site submissions from the public. Using virtual maps and street views, participants are asked to submit ideas for sites in Markham where they want to see public art happen. Partly a tutorial, partly an artist talk, Colin Miner will speak about his use of online technologies while exploring Ken Lum’s public artworks around the world. Next, a competition will invite professional artists to anonymously submit speculative public art concepts. Artists will choose a site from submissions made by the public and the production team. From these proposals, a jury composed of leading professionals in the field will select a shortlist of ten projects. Each of the ten artists will receive $1,000 to further develop their idea into renderings, as a way to analyze the site and test the proposed form of rendering. The competition will conclude with each jury member announcing their personal favourite of the ten projects, and sharing the reasons behind their choice. All Delimit site submissions, proposal ideas, and renderings, will be made available to the public through social media, employed here as a virtual, activated public space for participation and exchange.

Delimit is part of Online. Online is a joint initiative between Markham Public Art and the Varley Art Gallery of Markham. It delves into the potential of public art production and social engagement in the digital sphere.