About the Exhibition

I’ve always had a terrible memory. I have a lot of trouble concentrating on things and, as a result, end up missing a lot of information that I would love to be paying attention to. This is something I’ve spent a while attempting to patch and work around to varying degrees of success, but something that still frustrates me is my inability to remember my own emotions.

I often find that when I’m really happy or sad or angry or what have you, was difficult to even remember what those feelings were like the next day. The closest vessel I want to be able to remember and reflect on, the closest vessel I can find at the time–cup or a bowl or a bottle doesn’t really matter. They’re just simple forms that I feel comfortable metaphorically filling with the experience I’m having. Until I have created a codified, reproducible symbol. Meditate on that emotion to remember it more clearly. 

Artist Bio: Graeme Dearden is a Calgarian fine artist and writer working primarily in printmaking, flat glass processes, drawing, and visual poetry. He completed his Bachelor of Fine Arts from The Alberta College of Art + Design in 2015, majoring in glass. His work has been showcased in numerous visual and literary projects throughout Alberta and the United States. Generally, his work looks at methodology and how people go about the task of making artwork-or making anything for that matter.