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Shared Vessels: The Architecture of Collective Rituals<\/p>\n
Opening reception: Thurs, Nov 20, 3 pm
\nOn view: November 20\u2013December 5<\/p>\n
The University of the Fraser Valley\u2019s School of Creative Arts (SoCA) is proud to present Shared Vessels. Based in the critical frameworks of Nicolas Bourriaud\u2019s Relational Aesthetics and Claire Bishop\u2019s subsequent critique, Shared Vessels presents work by Professional Skills for Visual Artists students, under the guidance of Dr. Candace Couse, that transforms viewers into essential collaborators. The exhibition explores a central question: does meaningful connection arise from harmony or from friction? Moving beyond static objects, the show creates architectures for collective ritual, challenging you to complete the works through your physical and critical engagement.<\/p>\n
Some pieces function as participatory \u201cmicro-utopias,\u201d modeling a more connected world through shared, harmonious encounters. In direct dialogue, others embrace antagonism to challenge us, exposing the boundaries and exclusions inherent in community. Together, these works investigate the very nature of social experience, creating a living laboratory for collective emotion, reflection, and debate. Your participation is the final element of the artwork, making this exhibition an active space where the true crime is passivity.<\/p>\n
The exhibition opens on November 20 at the S\u2019eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery, located on the UFV Abbotsford campus, and runs through until December 5.<\/p>\n
An opening reception will be held on November 20 at 3 pm in the gallery. All are welcome to attend, and admission is free.<\/p>\n
Featuring works by:
\nMegan Ali, Kay Berard, Prabhleen Cheema, Keira Chu, Zoe Crowley, Kiri Davidson, Jainee de Jong, Arya Dewa, Gray Engler, Viviana Giesbrecht Ferreira, Adrienne Ginther, Kate Hotner, Ella James, Dove Johnson, Dani Madrid, Priyanka Na, Avery Pohl, Maggie Priebe, Akashdeep Singh, Cyrus Siew, Angelica Spada, Harmanpreet Kaur, Samira Zreick<\/p>\n
For more information, contact SAG.Gallery@ufv.ca Nov 20-Dec 6 <\/p>\n For more information, contact Jennifer Chew at jennifer.chew@ufv.ca<\/a><\/p>\n 12\/06\/2025<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Shared Vessels: The Architecture of Collective Rituals Opening reception: Thurs, Nov 20, 3 pm On view: November 20\u2013December 5 The University of the Fraser Valley\u2019s School of Creative Arts (SoCA) is proud to present Shared Vessels. Based in the critical frameworks of Nicolas Bourriaud\u2019s Relational Aesthetics and Claire Bishop\u2019s subsequent critique, Shared Vessels presents work … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":36383,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"generate_page_header":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,10,12,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-36382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-event","category-myufv","category-calendar","category-ufv-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36382"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36408,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36382\/revisions\/36408"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/36383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ufv.ca\/announce\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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