In partnership with the City of Calgary, Contemporary Calgary welcomes Dynamic Environment artist, Peter von Tiesenhausen to the Centennial Planetarium to discuss his most recent works as part of the Watershed+ artist-in-residence with Calgary Water Services. As one in a group of invited artists, Peter responded to the challenges stemming from the most recent Calgary flood in collaboration with city engineers and Parks, on a riverbank stabilization project in Riverdale. As a separate project within his residency he commissioned two sound artists Jen Reimer and Magnus Tiesenhausen and cinematographer David McGregor, to create a sound and video piece in a temporarily drained (for maintenance) underground reservoir. Peter will present these two Calgary based works in the context of his larger body of work.

ABOUT THE ARTIST
Peter von Tiesenhausen lives and works in the boreal forested Peace Region of northwestern Alberta, in the heart of “gas country”. He has often focussed his energy and work on ecological awareness, trying in the process to address his own carbon footprint and community action.

His multidisciplinary practice covers a broad range of mediums and conceptual approaches. His primary and ongoing project is the land where he lives, over which he has claimed copyright as a work of art. Other works include: drawings, paintings, sculpture and installation as well as video and performance.