Lili Reynaud-Dewar is a 2015 Audain Visual Artist in Residence, which is co-presented by SFU Galleries and SFU’s School for the Contemporary Arts.

In her practice, Reynaud-Dewar cultivates autobiography and authorship symbiotically, through translating and transforming visual and linguistic representations of personal and collective identity. My Epidemic is an iteration of artworks, texts, seminars and exhibitions in which she quotes and edits numerous authors and texts influenced by AIDS and its impact on bodies and culture.

In both the exhibition and SCA seminar hosted in the gallery, Reynaud-Dewar will read the transmission of history between Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard’s seminar “Beyond Death: Viral Discontents and Contemporary Notions about AIDS” held during the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011 and her artwork My Epidemic (small modest bad blood opera) produced for “All the World’s Futures” 56th Venice Biennale in 2015.

Events:

Opening Reception and Artist’s Talk
Wednesday, October 21, 7 - 10PM
Audain Gallery

Exhibition Tour with Amy Kazymerchyk, Lili Reynaud-Dewar and SCA students
Saturday, October 31, 1PM
Audain Gallery