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VIVO Media Arts Centre is pleased to present a screening and artist talk of works by Polish experimental animator and independent filmmaker Karolina Glusiec. She will be showing examples of her recent animation work as well as discussing her unique process.
Karolina Glusiec is a polish artist currently based in Canada. Her practice is focused on capturing the spectacular in the everyday through her work in animation, drawing and DIY optical experiments. Her animated drawings explore the failure of drawing to capture reality. Her direct approach to filmmaking embraces DIY aesthetics and tactics that stray from traditional narratives and characters in favour of transcribing a lived reality. Her work is embedded in experimental process that merge drawing with filmmaking.
She is a graduate of the Royal College of Art in London (UK) and a recipient of the Jerwood Drawing Prize. She has worked in various factories, restaurants, hotels. She has worked as an arts administrator, taught as a lecturer in the arts and animation, facilitated DIY animation workshops and worked as a freelancer animation filmmaker. She is currently living in Vancouver and considers herself a very lucky person.
This event takes place on the Unceded Coast Salish Territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
Still from I Hear Lines (2019) by Karolina Glusiec
VIVO is located in the homelands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples in a warehouse space at 2625 Kaslo Street south of East Broadway at the end of E 10th. Transit line 9 stops at Kaslo Street on Broadway. From the bus stop, the path is paved, curbless, and on a slight decline. The closest skytrain station is Renfrew Station, which is three blocks south-east of VIVO and has an elevator. From there, the path is paved, curbless, and on a slight incline. There is parking available at VIVO, including wheelchair access parking. There is a bike rack at the entrance. The front entrance leads indoors to a set of 7 stairs to the lobby.
A wheelchair ramp is located at the west side of the main entrance. The ramp has two runs: the first run is 20 feet long, and the second run is 26 feet. The ramp is 60 inches wide. The slope is 1:12. The ramp itself is concrete and has handrails on both sides. There is an outward swinging door (34 inch width) at the top of the ramp leading to a vestibule. A second outward swinging door (33 inch width) opens into the exhibition space. Buzzers and intercoms are located at both doors to notify staff during regular office hours or events to unlock the doors. Once unlocked, visitors can use automatic operators to open the doors.
There are two all-gender washrooms. One has a stall and is not wheelchair accessible. The other is a single room with a urinal and is wheelchair accessible: the door is 33 inches wide and inward swinging, without automation. The toilet has 11 inch clearance on the left side and a handrail.
To reach the bathrooms from the studio, exit through the double doors and proceed straight through the lobby and down the hall . Turn left, and the two bathrooms will be on your right side. The closest one has a stall and is not wheelchair accessible. The far bathroom is accessible.
Karolina Glusiec is a polish artist currently based in Canada. Her practice is focused on capturing the spectacular in the everyday through her work in animation, drawing and DIY optical experiments. Her animated drawings explore the failure of drawing to capture reality. Her direct approach to filmmaking embraces DIY aesthetics and tactics that stray from traditional narratives and characters in favour of transcribing a lived reality. Her work is embedded in experimental process that merge drawing with filmmaking.
She is a graduate of the Royal College of Art in London (UK) and a recipient of the Jerwood Drawing Prize. She has worked in various factories, restaurants, hotels. She has worked as an arts administrator, taught as a lecturer in the arts and animation, facilitated DIY animation workshops and worked as a freelancer animation filmmaker. She is currently living in Vancouver and considers herself a very lucky person.
