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Ground Truths

July 2 – 31: Book a Curator Walk

Additional programming to be announced.

The art world is usually invested in stillness: the quiet of an art gallery, the slow walk through a museum, sitting in front of a favourite piece of art. Tatum Dooley is interested in investigating movement in the art world. From July to October, during a Curatorial Residency at NAMARA | projects, they will engage in research and inquiries into artists who use walking as a pillar in their art practices.

Sand, birdsong, tree bark, stone. These elements are collaborators in practices of frottage, field recordings, and site-specific interventions. The residency will directly engage with artists using components of walking and nature within their practices. Research topics will span from the dérives of the Situationists to the mappings of contemporary land art, including a close look at contemporary artists Shannon Garden-Smith and Iris Häussler.

Fittingly, this residency will take place outside of the regular confines of the white cube and into the world. The residency will ask: How can walking be an artistic and ecological methodology that reflects the places where art is made and shown? Can a walking practice push against the rules and expectations of the contemporary art market? Who has access to certain spaces in the city? And how is that access reflected within the walls of the art world?

To launch the residency, anyone can book a time to walk with Tatum around downtown Toronto and discuss their experience either in the art world or walking. Accessible alternatives will be provided upon request.

Book a Curator Walk

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CURATOR BIO

Tatum Dooley is a writer and founder of Art Forecast.  Her writing has appeared in Artforum, Architectural Digest, Border Crossings, Canadian Art, Garage Magazine, the Globe & Mail, The Walrus, Lapham’s Quarterly, the Toronto Star, and Vogue. She has written exhibition texts for artists worldwide. 

Tatum has a BA in Arts & Contemporary Studies and an MA in Literature of Modernity from Toronto Metropolitan University. She currently sits on the Curatorial Committee of SNAP, a photography auction in support of AIDS Committee of Toronto. Previously, she was Co-Chair of Salon 44, Gallery 44’s annual fundraiser. (tatumdooley.com)