SALON CONNEX | Tokyo Hotel Story by Nathalie Daoust

Saturday, February 25, 2012 at 6:30pm - 8:30pm

A CHANCE TO SPEAK YOUR MIND ABOUT ART IN FREDERICTON!

The Charlotte Street Arts Centre, a focal point for creation, presentation and education in the arts, is pleased to continue our partnership with Gallery Connexion, Fredericton’s only artist-run centre, to bring you the second SALON CONNEX, an opportunity to talk about what matters in art.

SALON CONNEX is the new salon series that takes place at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre, in the Auditorium. The salons are mediated and lively discussion forums, aimed at facilitating a learning curve in the community by providing a space and time to address what art might mean. Topics for discussion are always centred on Gallery Connexion’s world-class exhibitions and the content they present.

The current exhibition at Gallery Connexion, entitled Tokyo Hotel Story by Nathalie Daoust, subverts the role of women in Japanese society as portrayed in photographic images of dominatrices at the famous Alpha In.

The upcoming salon takes place on Saturday, February 25th at 6:30pm and will moderated by Erin Morton, PhD, professor of art history at UNB. Erin will help guide the discussion around Nathalie Daoust’s work and raise important questions for consideration. All are welcome to attend and admission is free. Picaroons beer tastings will be available.

As an extra treat, artistic evidence will be on display, of the eleven performances held recently during the Hoot & Peep Mini Performance Festival at the Owl’s Nest Bookstore. The Hoot & Peep Mini Performance Festival, held February 6-11, 2012 featured live storefront window performances by eight Fredericton artists, all addressing the theme of ‘sexuality studies’ as a response to Daoust’s work.

SALON CONNEX is supported by the Province of New Brunswick’s Department of Wellness, Culture and Sport, as well as Picaroons Traditional Ales.