A Conversation With Batia Suter And Helga Pakasaar

Event admission is by donation, courtesy of BMO Financial Group.

Free parking is available after 6pm at the ICBC parkade, adjacent to Lonsdale Quay Market

Please note: a cash-only bar will be available

Related exhibition: Batia Suter

Join Swiss visual artist and bookmaker Batia Suter who will introduce her art practice followed by a conversation with curator Helga Pakasaar. This dramatic installation of photographic reproductions sourced from thousands of books from her personal collection are based on Suter’s latest artist book, Parallel Encyclopedia #2 (2016), for which she was shortlisted for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. Based in Amsterdam, Suter has published numerous artist books and has exhibited widely, most recently at Le Bal in Paris.

Image: Batia Suter, Parallel Encyclopedia #2, Roma Publications, 2016

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