Sunday, October 31, 2010

The Canadian PULSE Project II: The East

(Revelstoke, BC, Nov 1, 2010) – Canadian artist Bruce Thomas embarks on the second phase of his Canadian PULSE Project, an in-depth exploration of the new Canadian landscape identity. Thomas will travel by air from Revelstoke, B.C. to Halifax and make his way back to Toronto, interviewing Eastern Canadians as he goes, to pulse their perspectives on today’s Canadian cultural and geographic identity. Thomas will use the audio and video footage collected, amalgamated onto canvas, in an exhibition in Toronto on Thursday, December 2, 2010 from 6:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. at Gallery 1313 on Queen Street West.

"When Upper and Lower Canada along with the Maritime Provinces agreed to join the Dominion of Canada, John A. MacDonald built roads, railways and waterways linking the eastern provinces to Ontario and across Canada,” said Thomas. "Convergence and a transcontinental movement thus began, spanning the country from sea to sea, uniting the country. I’d like to discuss with Canadians now how the past, the present and our landscape converge today."

In the first leg of his Canadian PULSE Project, over the summer of 2009, Thomas interviewed 150 people from Toronto to British Columbia, to take the pulse of today’s Canadian cultural and geographic identity. The precipitous of this journey was the recent anniversary of iconic Group of Seven artist Tom Thomson’s first Canadian landscape paintings, now 100 years ago. Thomas used the interviews and video footage to construct a contemporary look at the Canadian identity through his multi-media works of art. His December show in Toronto sold 70% of his PULSE works on the first night of a three-day exhibition at the Lennox Contemporary gallery.

Bruce Thomas is a Canadian artist-adventurer currently residing in Revelstoke, British Columbia. He graduated from the Concordia University in 1994. Bruce has worked extensively in the music, film and art industries and draws upon his experience as inspiration for The Canadian PULSE Project.

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