New Annie Briard Book Explores Light, Colour and Vision
The Glow of One Hundred Moons “explores the properties of light waves and colour perception through a metaphorical moon.” (Photo courtesy Annie Briard)
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Titled The Glow of One Hundred Moons and drawing on Annie’s ongoing work, the book was accompanied by exhibitions in Toronto and Vancouver.
A new book by artist and Emily Carr University of Art + Design (ECU) faculty member Annie Briard (MFA 2013) documents her ongoing meditations on light, vision and photography.
Titled The Glow of One Hundred Moons, the book includes 100 colour images drawn from Annie’s multi-projector 35mm slide installation work The Glow of Two-Thousand Moons
“An artist book-as-installation, The Glow of One Hundred Moons explores the properties of light waves and colour perception through a metaphorical moon,” Annie writes. Also included are 28 mini-essays on the moon and reflecting the days of its cycle, written by art writer, critic and curator Jayne Wilkinson.
From Annie Briard, In The Glow of Two-Thousand Moons, 2021. Three Kodak Ektagraphic III slide projectors, syncopated automatic settings, 240 35mm color slides, grey metallic plinths. (Image courtesy Annie Briard)
With design and curation by Elham Puriya Mehr’s Empty Space Publications and support by the British Columbia Arts Council, the book launched on Sept. 22 at MKG127 in Toronto, with Annie and Jayne in attendance.
The installation work The Glow of Two-Thousand Moons originally appeared as part of Annie’s 2021 solo exhibition, Within the Eclipse, at Burrard Arts Foundation.
Meanwhile, the book is accompanied by a public art installation at MKG127. The Light of Six Moons will show until fall 2026 on the gallery’s 15-foot lightbox, located along its Dundas Street West frontage.
Back in Vancouver, the book’s launch was accompanied by a September solo exhibition titled In Possible Lands II at Monica Reyes Gallery.
Annie Briard, The Light of Six Moons (Installation view), 2024. (Photo courtesy Annie Briard)
“In Possible Lands is created using the artist’s own analog method and pairs superimposed photographs of the landscape —one captured 45 years ago by the artist’s father and the other a present-day image taken by Annie Briard—that together evoke a sense of wonder with their vivid colours and majestic yet familiar subjects,” reads the exhibition text. “But examined up close, they reveal a world altered by human action.”
And an upcoming solo exhibition at Royale Projects will see Annie’s work appear south of the border. The Los Angeles show, opening Nov. 16, will introduce a new body of work developed by Annie while on residency at High Desert Test Sites in Joshua Tree.
Order your copy of The Glow of One Hundred Moons through Annie’s website or visit READ books on campus. Follow her on Instagram to keep up with her work.
