Exhibitions

The Mobile Ruin, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto

23 Sep 2017 - 24 Dec 2017

The Mobile Ruin focuses on the mobility of the Berlin Wall post-1989 in its various forms, from pocket-sized souvenirs to large, two-ton slabs. The exhibition suggests many missing histories as the Wall loses its context through both the passage of time and its incessant movement.

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The Labour of Commemoration, Prefix ICA, Toronto

05 Oct 2017 - 25 Nov 2017

Installation view of our 46' three-channel video, The Labour of Commemoration, at Prefix ICA, Toronto. The video focuses on the construction (Nov. 1-8, 2014), commemorative day (Nov. 9, 2014) and take down (Nov. 10-14, 2014) of the 25th anniversary events related to the fall of the Berlin Wall in Berlin in November 2014. The viewer is able to observe the past, present and future of the commemorative moment simultaneously.

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Freedom Rocks, Goethe Institute, Los Angeles

05 May 2014 - 31 May 2014

View of installation in lobby of Goethe Institute, Los Angeles. This exhibition, which also included a screening of recent video work on Oct. 6, 2014, comprised two photographic works, a display cabinet featuring a typology of Berlin Wall souvenirs and a monitor showing a one-hour video program.

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Canadian Embassy, McLuhan Salon, Berlin

01 Nov 2009 - 30 Nov 2009

In November 2009, Freedom Rocks was shown with images of the Berlin Wall from the Black Star Collection at the Canadian Embassy in Berlin. The exhibition was on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall. This exhibition was sponsored by the Ryerson Image Centre.

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German Consulate, Toronto

01 Nov 2009 - 30 Nov 2009

Installation view of 30x50 inch light box, German Consulate, Toronto on occasion of 20th anniversary of fall of Berlin Wall.

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Visual Arts Centre of Clarington

08 Jun 2008 - 06 Jul 2008

Blake Fitzpatrick: Recent Works, Exhibition at The Visual Arts Centre of Clarington, June 8 - July 6, 2008. Curator: Maralynn Cherry

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Reunification Proceeds, Goethe Institute, Toronto

01 Apr 2004 - 06 Jul 2008

This exhibition at the Goethe Institute, Toronto featured photographic work produced after a trip to Washington, D.C., the epicenter of the Cold War. It marked the beginning of the project Freedom Rocks: the Everyday Life of the Berlin Wall.

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