[x] March 23rd, 1:30pm, Group of X event: Tour + Artist Talk + Ideas Session among "The Rain Gatherers"

[Jim Andrews]

THE RAIN GATHERERS

On Saturday March 23rd at 1:30pm at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese 
Garden (578 Carrall Street, Vancouver, BC), The Group of X will host a 
tour+artist talk+discussion of works in "The Rain Gatherers". This event, as 
you can see from the calendar at 
http://secondsitecollective.net/2013_SunYatSen , is among various events in 
this show of works by artists in the Second Site Collective. Below is 
information from Second Site on "The Rain Gatherers".

Please post information about other events in this project, Peter, as the 
dates approach.

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In March and April of 2013, Second Site will
work with rain collecting, "rain power" and rain sensors at the Dr.
Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. Join us for Workshops + Lab
Sessions (March 9, 10, 12, 13, 14), an Exhibition opening and birdsong
performance (March 16), and a Tour + Artist Talk + Ideas Session
(March 23).

http://secondsitecollective.net

The show will feature work by Diana Burgoyne, Don Chow, Peter
Courtemanche, Robin Ripley, Matt Smith, and Lori Weidenhammer.

Second Site collective is a group of artists (mostly from Vancouver,
Canada) who create and present electronic art (sound, kinetics,
robotics, primal circuitry, sculpture) in public spaces. The
collective is particularly interested in green spaces - parks,
gardens, areas of urban agriculture, beaches, and "urban wilderness".
The art created by Second Site causes the audience to do a "double
take", transforming a familiar space into a "meta-site". A meta-site
is a place where art has created a heightened sensory experience. It
causes a sense of curiosity and enchantment in the viewer. A meta-site
is a place where one hears a set of sounds behind the expected sounds,
where familiar sites are remapped and re-inscribed with artistic
inventions.


Rain Lab - March 9, 10, 12, 13, 14 (10:30 am to noon + 1 pm to 3:30 pm)
Exhibition Opening - March 16 (at 2 pm, performance at 3 pm)
Tour + Artist Talk + Ideas Session - March 23 (at 1:30 pm) Hosted by
"Group of X"