Kara Springer
Kara Springer | |
|---|---|
| Born | Barbados |
| Education | Hon.B.Sc. in Life Sciences from the University of Toronto, B.Des. in Industrial Design from the Ontario College of Art & Design, and a MEDes in New Media and Contemporary Technology from ENSCI Les Ateliers in Paris. |
| Website | www |
Kara Springer is a Canadian industrial designer and visual artist of Jamaican and Bajan heritage, who was born in Bridgetown, Barbados and raised in Southern Ontario, Canada.[1]
Career[edit]
Springer's name was featured on "Artists on Politics", a print art magazine, in the section titled, "Simone Leigh the group BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS for BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS MATTER in response to the continued inhumane institutionalized violence against Black lives".[2][3] Springer's work has been exhibited in Germany at the Museum Angewandte Kunst, in Italy the Politecnico di Torino, the Cultural Centre of Belém in Portugal, and in the 2014 Jamaica Biennial.[4]
Works[edit]
Kaya Birth Stool, 2008[edit]
Springer founded the Kaya Birth Stool 2008, which functions as a tool intended to provide comfort and assistance during birthing.[5]
Translations, 2015[edit]
Translations, created in collaboration with Christian Campbell, poet and cultural critic, was a multimedia installation that addressed concepts pertaining to memory, interdisciplinary practices, the archive, and aesthetics, it took place on April 8, 2015 at The Power Plant.[6] Translations integrates image, text and sound, and operates as a tribute to Terry Adkins (1953–2014), a deceased American artist, in addition, to being a response to the parallel exhibit at The Power Plant, The Unfinished Conversation: Encoding/Decoding.[7]
A Small Matter of Engineering (Part 2), 2016[edit]
Springer created a sculpture titled, A Small Matter of Engineering (Part 2), which reads "White people. Do something," was installed in front of the Tyler School of Art in September 2016.[8][9]
References[edit]
- ^ "The Power Plant - Live – Programs & Events – The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery – Harbourfront Centre". www.thepowerplant.org. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
- ^ Tillmans, Leigh, Myles, Leonard, and Scott (2016). Artforum International. Vol. 55. New York: Artforum International Magazine. p. 224.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Leigh, Simone. "Simone Leigh". artforum.com. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
- ^ "The Power Plant - Live – Programs & Events – The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery – Harbourfront Centre". www.thepowerplant.org. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
- ^ "Kaya Birth". Kaya Birth Stools | Support for Comfortable Upright Birth Positions. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
- ^ "The Power Plant - Live – Programs & Events – The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery – Harbourfront Centre". www.thepowerplant.org. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
- ^ "The Power Plant - Live – Programs & Events – The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery – Harbourfront Centre". www.thepowerplant.org. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
- ^ "Students use art to inspire social change - The Temple News". The Temple News. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
- ^ Craig, Daniel (27 September 2016). "Temple student's art display tells white people to 'do something'". PhillyVoice. Retrieved 12 January 2017.