The Liane and Danny Taran Gallery is pleased to present the international touring exhibition Database Imaginary curated by Sarah Cook, Steve Dietz and Anthony Kiendl. Responsive to the 21st century, the 21 artists in Database Imaginary engage imaginatively with the organization of data through their use of aesthetic, conceptual, social and political strategies.
The term ‘database’ was coined in the 1970s with the rise of automated office procedures. However, it is only with the rise of computing and widespread access to vast quantities of organized information that the term has come to the fore in the popular imagination. Database Imaginary presents 16 art projects in a broad variety of old and new media, including newly commissioned works, made by individual and teams of artists in the last ten years.
The exhibition is co-organized by the Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Centre and The Dunlop Art Gallery, Regina Public Library, with financial support from the Department of Canadian Heritage (Museums Assistance Program), the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, the Daniel Langlois Foundation for Art, Science and Technology, the Canada Council for the Arts and CRUMB.
