Published On:Wednesday, March 17, 2010

The Hub announces that they will be hosting a literary reading and conversation tonight at 6.30 pm and a visual artist talk and conversation on Thursday, March 18th at 6.30pm in relation to their current exhibition, A Sudden and Violent Change.

The exhibit is The Hub's first art project of 2010 and the most ambitious exhibition the gallery has undertaken since its inception in 2008. The exhibition opened last week Friday and was an official participating space on the Transforming Spaces 2010 art tour that took place this past weekend. The exhibit will remain up until March 31. Gallery hours are Wednesday - Saturday, 12pm - 6pm.

Unlike the usual method of simple concept representation through a particular artistic medium, this project strives to move further and discuss not only the concepts behind A Sudden and Violent Change, but to re-present those representations in a different medium. "We have aimed to critique society, and by extension the tools we use to communicate these criticisms; here through two different yet deeply intertwined artistic disciplines - the literary arts: words; the visual arts: images," says co-curator, Jon Murray

A Sudden and Violent Change - featuring the works of twenty diverse writers and visual artists - demands the disciplines to engage in a symbiotic partnership to produce ten diptychs. From this cross-disciplinary relationship the diptychs become not only a space where the literal and conceptual content or subjects are explored, but also a playing field in which the disciplines themselves can actively dialogue and critique one another as relevant and appropriate forms of communication.

This Wednesday and Thursday, the majority of the participating writers and artists will be present at The Hub to talk about their work and their experience working with the project. They will be open to answering questions and gaining feedback about their work and their decision-making process.

The participating literary artists include Anku Sa Ra, Xan-Xi Bethel, Christian Campbell, Christi Cartwright, Keisha Lynn Ellis, Helen Klonaris, Janice Lynn, Angelique V Nixon, Nakia Pearson and Obediah Michael Smith.

The participating visual artists include Lindsay Braynen, Stevie Burrows, Scharad Lightbourne, Jace Mckinney, Susan Moir Mackay, Lavar Munroe, Kishan Munroe, Holly Parotti, Jackson Petit and Heino Schmid.

Complimentary wine by Mendoza Wine Imports will be served. The project anthology will also be on sale.