1 mm reflective thread & ash, 2005 dimensions variable (photo: Nathan Bomford, essay: Jordan Strom, Art Infinitum: A Conversation on Contemporary Art and the Infinite, Surrey Art Gallery, 2009)

On Sunday, October 25, 2–3:30pm at the Surrey Art Gallery, Robert Kleyn and Lucy Pullen will join Jim Gunson in a conversation that will consider contemporary art and the infinite through the idea of infinite regress, the figure of the möbius strip, the picture in transfinite math, and the vanishing point of perspectival geometry. This event is presented in conjunction with Ryoji Ikeda: data.tron/data.scan and Infinite Egress (with works by David Dyment & Roula Partheniou, Babak Golkar, Lucy Pullen, Robert Kleyn, and Robert Smithson). The speakers will address some of the questions raised by works in these exhibitions.

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Installation view, Surrey Art Gallery, British Columbia Canada (photo: Nathan Bomford, essay: Jordan Strom, Art Infinitum: A Conversation on Contemporary Art and the Infinite, Surrey Art Gallery, 2009)

What is at stake in the attempt to represent that which by its very nature is unrepresentable? From Max Bill to Marcel Duchamp, MC Escher to Robert Smithson the concept of the infinite has inspired numerous Modern and Contemporary artists to make works of art in relation to its central paradoxes. At the beginning of the 21st century philosophers and cultural theorists have been increasingly turning to the notion of the infinite in order to comprehend social forces. Contemporary artists have similarly found the concept of the infinite productive in trying to wrestle with representation and create works of art that reflect the dynamics of contemporary life.

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1 mm reflective thread & ash, 2005 dimensions variable

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Studio view, 35 mm slide 1 Victoria BC Canada, 2004

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Studio view, 35 mm slide 2, Victoria BC Canada,, 2004

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Studio view, 35 mm slide 3, Victoria BC Canada,, 2004

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Studio view, 35 mm slide 4, Victoria BC Canada,, 20042004

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Studio view, 35 mm slide 5, Victoria BC Canada,, 2004