Christina Battle: Filing Memory

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Christina Battle: Filing Memory
September 15 - December 11 2010
Foreman Art Gallery
2600 College Street, Bishop's University, Sherbrooke (Québec)
Vernissage: Thursday, September 16, 17h
Artist / Curatorial Talk: 6:00 pm

Curated by Vicky Chainey Gagnon
Produced by Galerie d'art Foreman
Wandering through secret storms (Christina Battle, 2009)
Composed of the multiple screen video installation Wandering through Secret Storms as well as new works, this solo exhibition project addresses the relationship between archives, public memory and practices of surveillance. Presented in a creative mise-en-scène, Christina Battle's moving image work forms the nexus around which will be displayed communication devices (camera, radio, telephone) from private and public collections coupled with documents from local archives, thus situating surveillance as a practice affecting all communities – regardless of their urban or rural specificities.

Originally from Edmonton, Alberta, Christina holds a B.Sc. in Environmental Biology from the University of Alberta and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute. For the past 10 years, she has worked within Toronto’s vibrant artist-run culture as jury member, arts administrator, technical coordinator, committee member, board member, curator and educator for various organizations including the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto, Gallery 44, The Canadian Filmmakers Distribution Centre, The Images Festival, and the Ontario College of Art and Design. Working with film, video and installation, her works explore themes of history and counter-memory, political mythology and environmental catastrophe. Her artworks have been exhibited internationally in festivals and galleries including: The Images Festival (Toronto), The London Film Festival (England); The International Film Festival Rotterdam (The Netherlands); YYZ Artists’ Outlet (Toronto); White Box (New York); The city of Toronto’s Nuit Blanche 2006 and in the 2006 Whitney Biennial: “Day for Night” (New York).

Christina currently lives in Denver, Colorado and is an Assistant Professor in the Film Studies Department at the University of Colorado, Boulder.

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