what happens
when
nothing happens
Anna Jane McIntyre
Chantal Durand
Taien Ng-Chan
Jon Knowles and
Tamara Henderson
Fake it 'Til You Make It
Karen Elaine Spencer
Meghan Price
Jerry Ropson
Diane Morin
Jacinthe Lessard-L.
curated by the
Independant Study Group,
Véronique Malo and
Emily Mennerdahl
May 28th at 18:00
Artist’s talk by
Fake It ‘Til You Make It
June 1st at 22:00
Sound performance piece by
Jon Knowles and Tamara
Henderson, broadcasted on
Swedish radio and streamed
online, THS Radio 95.3 MHz;
www.THSRadio.se.
The gallery will be open at
21:30 for the duration of the
performance.
rom Montréal
www.independantstudygroup.com
Vernissage and Book Launch
May 28th, 2009 from 17:00 to 19:00
From May 28th to June 14th, 2009
opening hours – Tuesday to Sunday 12:00 to 17:00
Galleri Rotor 1 – 50 Vasagatan, Göteborg, Sweden Fake it till you Make it
www.independantstudygroup.com
"What Happens When Nothing Happens : unrealised ideas from Montreal" aims to
present Montréal based artists, reflecting specifically on the unique processes at
work in the preparation of artwork. We aim to explore what happens in between,
before, and after projects: unedited ideas, sketches, drawings, thoughts, trials, and
everything in the meanwhile.
The participating artists vary in media, approaches and art practices, while the
creative process often interlace and dialogue in its shapes, mediums and forms. This
project explores the realm of the artists' ideas, suspended in a time before their
work is resolved and made subject to the structures of reading and power which
exist outside the boundaries of the individual.
Having reunited here in Göteborg as the Independant Study Group, the idea to
invite Montréal based artists came naturally to us as we had both previously
worked in Montréal. This curatorial project subsequently evolved from our collec-
tive artistic practices and thoughts, enlightened primarily by our inquiry into the
creative process through looking at what happens in between projects, when the
notion of having a final result is especially ambiguous.
In addition to accompanying the June 2009 exhibition of "What Happens when
Nothing Happens," held at Galleri Rotor 1 in Göteborg, Sweden, a publication will
be launched as a work in and of itself. That is, a publication that takes on the
random yet fluid structure of a sketch book in which artists' thoughts, ideas,
fluctuations, rhythms and classifications become interlaced and mixed. A book in
which lines and colours direct its reading rather than a logical, linear, or alphabeti-
cal order. The artists' works are illuminated through access to their drafts, lines, and
lists that are part of a grand project or an everyday practice.
Many Thanks to Valand School of Fine Arts and Conseil des arts et des lettres du
Québec.
independantstudygroup@gmail.com +46 (0)707 44 53 71 +46 (0)760954517