UWAG - Laura Moore: Handheld
Open until Dec 5
University of Waterloo Art Gallery
263 Philip St.
Free
Organized by University of Waterloo Art Gallery
The multidisciplinary artworks in Handheld are rooted in Laura Moore’s fascination with obsolete technology and her commitment to repurposing materials. Having established a reputation for carving 1:1 scale vintage computer monitors and boom boxes out of stone, over the last few years her practice has expanded to include the making of quilts and mosaics.
Culled from a personal collection of obsolete technology, she swaps the geometric patterns of the traditional quilt for that of a diagrammatic circuit board from a Nintendo game controller for instance. Based on the guts of her collection of cell phones, each wall-mounted mosaic represents a circuit board enlarged to 1:12 scale.
Laura Moore is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary artist whose practice is rooted in sculpture. Her work has been extensively exhibited across Canada and Europe.
University of Waterloo Art Gallery, East Campus Hall, Room 1239, 263 Phillip St., Waterloo. Free. Gallery hours: Wednesday to Saturday, 12–5 pm or by appointment.