Johanna Hurme, MRAIC, a member of the Winnipeg team organizing and curating Canada’s official entry at the 2012 Venice Biennale in Architecture, will be in Ottawa January 23 for a lecture at the National Gallery of Canada. The talk is part of Carleton University’s Forum Lecture Series.
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Migrating Landscapes is a nationwide competition and series of exhibitions that explores how Canadian architects and designers ages 45 and under have been influenced by migration and immigration.
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A series of regional exhibitions across Canada will culminate in a national exhibition at the Winnipeg Art Gallery in March/April 2012. Winners, selected by a jury made up of Eleanor Bond, Ian Chodikoff, FRAIC, Anne Cormier, Bruce Kuwabara, FRAIC, and John Patkau, FRAIC, will travel as a young architectural “Team Canada” to the prestigious Venice Biennale in Architecture (August 29 – November 25, 2012). Six Ottawa entries are in the running.
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“The intention of the competition is to bring the Venice Biennale to Canada,” explains Hurme, a founding partner of 5468796 Architecture and member of the Migrating Landscapes Organizer (MLO) team. “We want to showcase the up-and-coming generation of Canadian architects and designers to the Canadian public before they hit the world stage in Venice.”
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Hurme’s lecture will be followed by a special Architecture Canada | RAIC reception at the Heart & Crown Irish Pub (67 Clarence Street, in the ByWard Market).
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Monday, January 23, 2012 interary:

Lecture at 6:00 pm: National Gallery of Canada, 380 Sussex Drive, Main Auditorium

Reception at 7:00 pm: Heart & Crown Irish Pub, 67 Clarence Street. Everyone welcome. Winnipeg-inspired hors d’oeuvres will be served.

Official Canadian participation in the 2012 Venice Biennale in Architecture is coordinated and generously supported by Architecture Canada | RAIC and the Canada Council for the Arts.