Jean-Pierre Gauthier - Lecture & Arch II Gallery Opening

Jean-Pierre Gauthier gave a very interesting lecture tonight at Centre Space of the J.A. Russell building which was basically an exposé of his works from the past few years. The majority of his work involves sound and, very basic, everyday objects. He often gives life - and a "voice" - to inanimate objects.

The lecture was followed by the gallery opening of his installation at the Arch II Gallery in the Architecture 2 Building - University of Manitoba. His installation consists of 3 drawing machines which lightly rub the gallery walls with graphite. The graphite will slowly build up throughout the duration of the installation to gradually reveal the subtleties in the structure of the wall - be it nail holes, drywall seams, or paint strokes. I look forward to checking back in on this to document its progress. I apologize for the poor quality of the video, it is hard to make out the gentle graphite markings on the wall, but I assure you, they are there.