Rooted in archival infrastructures and practices of storage, arranging and sorting, artists Samuel de Lange and Jackson Klie explore images in transition. Both artists consider caches of information and images contained within an internet database and a disused mine. Through these two artistic projects, presented in parallel by Gallery 44, the artists consider the alchemy of the storage and classification of images.
For more information read empty room, silver mirror, an essay by curator Lillian O'Brien Davis. View digital project the Sift by Samuel de Lange and Jackson Kile and related programming on G44 Digital.
Samuel de Lange works with combinations of photographic material, moving image, cast objects and furniture as site-sensitive responses to place and context. Developed through a wide range of interests, his practice uses specific cultural moments, artworks, or objects as points of departure, seeking a politics or critical mode in the gaps and overlaps that form between seemingly divergent subjects. He received his MFA from Glasgow School of Art in 2019, and has participated in residencies and exhibitions in Canada, Europe, and the UK.
Jackson Klie works with image based media to investigate the anxieties of contemporary photography. By expanding on ideas of the contingency and performativity of images and archives, his multidisciplinary practice highlights the slippery nature of identity. He received an MFA in Studio Art from the University of Guelph in 2019, and a BFA in Photography Studies from Ryerson University in 2013.