VIU’s View Gallery presents Threadbare, an exhibit by Connie Michele Morey

What: Threadbare, an exhibit by Connie Michele Morey

When: Exhibit runs until November 1. Opening reception and artist performance September 20 from 4 to 6 pm

Where: VIU’s View Gallery

Vancouver Island University’s (VIU’s) View Gallery hosts Threadbare, an exhibit by artist Connie Michele Morey.

Threadbare runs until November 1 with an opening reception and artist performance on September 20, from 4 to 6 pm at View Gallery. The gallery is open Tuesday to Friday, from 10 am to 4 pm during exhibits. 

Threadbare explores the effects of colonial industries on interspecies displacement and ecological loss through stitchwork, embroidery, sculpture, photography, stop-motion and performance. Morey began the project at an off-grid cabin in Deadman Valley on a property called Singing Lands north of Lytton, BC. She had visited the cabin since 2016 and returned in 2021 after the area was devastated by wildfires. She documented the effects of fire on the area and these photographs became the starting point of her exhibit.

In her exhibition statement Morey said, “The exhibition Threadbare consists of 12 bodies of work that navigate the tension between perceptions of interspecies relations as exploitable resources and the longing for familial relations – sister, brother, mother, father, child, kin.” 

Morey's studio practice explores the experience of home as ecological interdependence. Through performance with textiles and sculpture, documented through photography and video, her work questions the effects of colonial industry and labour practices on inter-species displacement. She holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Arts from the University of Lethbridge and a Master of Education in Arts Education along with a Studio Based PhD from the University of Victoria. Morey currently teaches Sculpture and Art Theory at Camosun College. 

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About View Gallery

The View Gallery is VIU’s contemporary art gallery. The gallery presents all types of visual art and design, made by students, community members and professional artists. A non-commercial site, the gallery presents a mixture of programming and art events that range from curated solo and group exhibitions, touring exhibitions and annual showcases of student art. The View Gallery is run and staffed by faculty members and students in Art and Design, within the Faculty of Art and Humanities.

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