Victoria - Artists Cedric and Nathan Bomford present Bamberton: Contested Landscape, a intensive installation that makes use of salvaged wood from both previous building demolitions and their previous work.
Bamberton: Contested Landscape features the construction of an immersive installation that reuses materials from the artists building demolitions and previous work. Their installation confronts land claim issues of the Vancouver Island community of Bamberton through architectural references in the individual structures. These structures enable visitors to physically move through, over, under and around the installation, allowing for a tactile interaction with the artist’s interventionist strategies and theme of contested space. Changes in elevation and position, coupled with the physicality of weathered wood and the Bomfords’ characteristically imaginative architecture, will charge the entire space.
Both Cedric and Nathan Bomford’s previous work is associated with photography. Cedric’s recent photographic and video work examines historically charged architectural subjects in documentary style images that betray “history” by highlighting the artifice rather than the actual subjects depicted. Similarly, Nathan’s previous work consists of photographs of empty theatrical scenes devoid of specific narratives. The brothers say their new direction towards a collaborative project represents a logical progression of their previous bodies of work and shared interests. In fact, its collaborative nature has extended to their entire family as a massive amount of construction materials were gathered together from relatives’ yards on Vancouver and Bowen Islands.
Biographies
Cedric Bomford recently completed his MFA at the Malmö, Sweden, with a BFA from Emily Carr Institute in 2003. Cedric has exhibited internationally in Germany, Sweden, Iran, Taiwan and Australia, and is part of the nomadic Tehran Biennale Never Been to Tehran. Cedric was awarded the prestigious Canada Council Berlin residency at the Künstlerhaus Bethanien, beginning November 2009.
Nathan Bomford completed his MFA at the University of Victoria and his BFA, with a major in photography, at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Nathan has exhibited in Germany and Canada.
In 2009, the Bomfords exhibited a major installation as part of How Soon Is Now at the Vancouver Art Gallery (with their father Jim Bomford). Previously, they created the installation For Fools and Traitors—Nothing at the Or Gallery in Vancouver in 2007. The Bomfords use reclaimed materials from salvaged yards and construction sites to create immersive sculptural forms and architectural spaces.
Reception and Artist Talk on Friday January 8 at 7:00pm. Open Space 510 Fort St. Victoria BC Canada
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