Koffler Arts invites the community between August 13 – September 3 to contribute to an upcoming exhibition, INTERGALACTIC PLANETARY, by donating their second-hand items to create a brand new installation unique to Toronto, created by renowned contemporary artist, Tracey Snelling on view September 18 – December 14.
We’re seeking the following items:
All contributors will receive an invitation to the opening reception of INTERGALACTIC PLANETARY on September 18 (with one alcoholic or non-alcoholic drink ticket included), where they can view their contributions brought back to life as part of the exhibition.
The community can bring their donations to Koffler Arts (180 Shaw St., #104 in Toronto) from August 13 to September 3, Monday to Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. or by appointment outside these hours by emailing admin@kofflerarts.org with your name and list of items.
INTERGALACTIC PLANETARY is a blend of different worlds, geographies, people, and perspectives, forming a kind of visual and sonic cacophony through the use of sculpture, photography, video, and installation. It’s a nod to global (or even galactic) unity, and to the idea that despite all the noise and division, we’re more alike than not. This is Snelling’s Canadian debut.
Tracey Snelling, born in Oakland, California and based in Berlin, creates installations, sculptures, films and photography derived from sociological issues, voyeurism and urban architecture. Her sculptures are more like 3-D paintings or sculptural films, capturing a place and people at a specific time in history. Snelling has exhibited in international institutions, including the Royal Museum of Fine Arts, Belgium; Palazzo Reale, Milan; The Museum of Arts and Design, New York; and the Berlinische Galerie, Berlin, Germany, among others. In 2023, she was awarded both a Pollock Krasner Grant and a Gottlieb Foundation Grant. Snelling showed at the Venice Biennale 2019 (with Swatch), Havana Biennale 2019, and the University of Venice during the Architecture Biennale 2021. Her solo exhibition How We Live (Haus am Lützowplatz, Berlin) received much acclaim and press. She recently had a solo exhibition, curated by Luca Massimo Barbero, at the Human Safety Net with Generali in Venice, and at Literaturhaus Munich. She presently has exhibitions at the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum Dresden and Schloss Biesdorf, Berlin. She has future exhibitions in Munich and Shanghai.
Koffler Arts is a multi-disciplinary arts platform that celebrates Jewish artistic voices within a diverse and exploratory framework of contemporary expression. Firm believers in the inherent value of art as an essential vehicle for creating meaning and providing enjoyment, we strive to affirm our collective need for the compass and connection offered by the artist’s eye upon the world.
