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Toronto February 12, 2010 - This group exhibition is presented at the Glendon Gallery of York University in Toronto from March 2 to 31, and coincides with the launch of a major publication entitled SAGAMIE, L’IMPRIMÉ NUMÉRIQUE EN ART CONTEMPORAIN (SAGAMIE, DIGITAL PRINTING IN CONTEMPORARY ART).

The SAGAMIE Centre is an artist-run setting specializing in the production, exhibition and publication of contemporary digital art (digital research of two-dimensional images and wide-format digital printing). Each year, the SAGAMIE Centre hosts artistic residencies for close to forty artists from Quebec, the rest of Canada and abroad.

Co-published with Éditions d’Art le SABORD in Trois-Rivières, this 200-page book provides a visual overview of selected digital works by 50 artists who completed artistic residencies at the SAGAMIE Centre. This is followed by an anthology of theoretical essays by 11 authors well-known for their work in the research and development of new technologies. These texts examine the impact that advances in digital production have had on current artistic creation and on the distribution of works of art.

This wide-ranging publication documents the efforts of hundreds of artists-in-residence, whose work has contributed to the digital research at the SAGAMIE Centre over the last ten years; while the essays deepen the theoretical understanding of this constantly evolving art form, which is being integrated at every level of artistic creation. This reference book will serve to broaden the understanding of digital art among a wider audience. It was made possible with the financial support of the Quebec Council for Arts and Letters and the Canada Council for the Arts.

Location: Glendon Gallery, Glendon College, York University, 2275 Bayview Avenue, Toronto

Directions: Yonge subway to Lawrence station, 124 Sunnybrook bus, short ride to Glendon campus.

Gallery hours: Tuesday to Friday: noon – 3:00 p.m. / Saturday: 1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.

Gallery Website: www.glendon.yorku.ca/gallery.

Acknowledgements

The Glendon Gallery wishes to thank the Quebec Office in Toronto and its media partners for their support: L'Express and Le Métropolitain newspapers; Radio-Canada T.V., and radio station CJBC 860 AM; la Première Chaîne and ClicToronto.

Thanks are also extended to Nicholas Pitre, Director of SAGAMIE Centre, and the gallery’s Advisory Committee: Marc Audette, Omid Fekri, Colette Laliberté, Véronique Tomaszewski and Marcella Walton. Glendon Gallery functions within the Department of Student Services at Glendon College, York University, under the direction of Associate Principal Rosanna Furgiuele.

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Media contact: Martine Rheault, Coordinator of Artistic & Cultural Affairs. 416-487-6859, artculture@glendon.yorku.ca