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Through The Eyes of Trees at Centre 64
The artist Doug Buis is an Associate Professor in Visual Arts at Thompson Rivers University, where he teaches sculpture, intermedia and video. He has exhibited across Canada, in a number of cities in the U.S., in Holland, Belgium and Korea. He has also curated a number of exhibitions in Canada, the U.S. and Europe.
Over the past number of years, his work has mainly been focused on the malleable perception of landscape, examined through installation, handcrafted virtual reality, mechanical apparatus, stereoscopic imagery, portable gardening, video, writing and site specific projects.
He describes his exhibit as following: “Through the Eyes of Trees is placed at some point in the future, when the relationship between trees and humanity has shifted somewhat and trees are participating in the shaping of events to a much higher and perhaps more active degree. The artwork is based on the work of Dr. Friedrich Vergarten and Walter Grueneweisen, who both spent time researching the possibility of cognitive/emotive interface in plants. Through their studies, Vergarten and Gruenweisen developed a basic understanding of how trees plan forests. The dioramas shown in the exhibit reflect some of the dream diaries of Dr. Vergarten.”
Doug set up his installation at Kimberley’s Arts Centre 64 during the first week of July. The installation will be open to view during regular gallery hours (Tuesday – Saturday, 1 p.m. – 5 p.m.).
The installation will be up until July 30th, so make sure you won’t miss your chance to physically and mentally ‘walk’ through Doug’s two and three dimensional landscapes.
Submitted by Centre 64
