Visitor Information
Public Opening:
Free admission from
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Artist-Scholar Presentation:
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Aaron Richmond presents works in progress from his joint University of Victoria and JRSP Artist-Scholar Residency.
Guided Tour:
Departs at .
Audio Tours:
Self-guided audio tour guides are available on loaner devices and for download on demand.
Relays of Attention
Aaron Richmond
Artist-Scholar Resident presentation of works in progress
Montreal artist, scholar and curator Aaron Richmond, the joint University of Victoria and JRSP Artist-Scholar Resident, invites visitors into his working process. His work moves from landscape and architectural drawings to lightweight temporary sculptures and performative readings drawn from the Park’s archive. He approaches the grounds as a living archive.
Join his guided “attentional walk” through the prompts and curiosities that animate the work.
Jeffrey saw the purpose of his work and the park as:
extending the ancient narrative of art and consequently rekindle the historical spirit of modernism. In addition to viewing the work, which includes the Sculpture Park itself, the goal is to revive the interdisciplinary creative impetus of early modernism and to attain the understanding of art as a serious and credible source of special insight for the evolution of ideas.
His vision for the park was of a place for the appreciation of art beyond sociopolitical instrumentalization or financial commodification. As such Rubinoff’s sculptures permanently exist within a fixed landscape. There is no charge for admittance, nor for any tours, concerts, or other events. They are not for sale and can never be shown in another museum or any other context.