Constellations
Aubrey Reeves
Ivan Jurakic

January 5 - February 2, 2008
Opening Reception: Saturday January 5, 2 - 5 PM

Image: Ivan Jurakic, Avatar, 2004/2007, clear light bulbs, lamp fixtures, electrical wire

Constellations integrates the video installation Dagbok by Aubrey Reeves and the related photograph
Reclamation with the sculptural installation Avatar by Ivan Jurakic. These works were
inspired by World War II archival materials that reveal personal experiences. Reeves takes
inspiration from the journal of Petter Moen an insurance man, who in wartime became the
head of Oslo’s clandestine press, while Jurakic uses a photograph that pictures his father (part
of a post-war reclamation crew) standing in the cock-pit of a downed Nazi plane as a backdrop
to his sculptural re-creation of the plane. The exhibition is curated by Sara Angelucci,
and offers contemplative ideas on the complex relationships created by war.


Image: Aubrey Reeves, Dagbok, 2005, video installation, size variable

Ivan Jurakic is a visual artist, writer and curator at Cambridge Galleries. He has an Honours BA from the University of Guelph and an MFA from
the State University of New York at Buffalo. His writing has been published in Fuse Magazine, Espace Sculpture, Lola, Mix Magazine, C International
and in numerous exhibition publications. Recent exhibitions include: Reading Hamilton, you me gallery, Hamilton, ON (2006); Two Degrees of Separation,
University of Waterloo Art Gallery, Waterloo, ON (2005); The Release, Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, ON (2005); CAFKA.05: X Industria,
Kitchener City Hall, Kitchener, ON (2005); Foreword, Grimsby Public Art Gallery, Grimsby, ON (2004); Open, Arcadia University Art Gallery,
Philadelphia, PA (2004); Reclamation, Big Orbit Gallery, Buffalo, NY (2004); Future Cities, Art Gallery of Hamilton off-site, Hamilton, ON (2004); and
Ice Follies, WKP Kennedy Gallery off-site, North Bay, ON (2004). Upcoming exhibitions include an installation in the Project Room at the Museum of
Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON. Ivan lives in Hamilton, Ontario.

Aubrey Reeves balances a career as an artist, curator and arts administrator in Toronto, Ontario. She is the Programming Director at Trinity Square
Video, one of Canada’s oldest artist-run media art centres. Aubrey completed her M.A. at the Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard College in
New York and also holds a B.A. from University of Toronto. In 2006, Aubrey premiered Dagbok at the Kasseler DocumentaryFilm und VideoFest in
Kassel, Germany. Dagbok will also be exhibited in at Artcite Inc. in Windsor and at the Khyber Art Society in Halifax. In the summer of 2007, Aubrey
undertook a creative residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts where she developed a multi-disciplinary performance and installation called The
Diamond Maker; or, the Alchemist’s Daughter based on Victorian magic lantern shows. She is currently working on a 16mm hand-painted experimental
animation entitled Glide.

Sara Angelucci is a photo and video artist living in Toronto. She completed her B.A. at the University of Guelph and her M.F.A. at the Nova Scotia
College of Art and Design. She has exhibited her photography across Canada including exhibitions at Le Mois de la Photo in Montreal, Ace Art in
Winnipeg, Vu in Quebec City, the Toronto Photographer’s Workshop, the MacLaren Art Centre, the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the Richmond Art
Gallery. Sara’s videos have screened across Canada, Europe and Hong Kong. Sara has participated in artist residencies at NSCAD (Halifax), the Banff
Centre and at Biz-Art in Shanghai, China. Her work is represented by the Wynick/Tuck Gallery and V-Tape in Toronto.

EXHIBITION BROCHURE AND ESSAY BY SARA ANGELUCCI