Feb 27, 2015
Tall Tale closes at the Ryerson Artspace Sunday (March 1).
black nance - Christopher Boyne
SF> LA> NY - Lena Oehmsen
Curated by Sabrina Maltese
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Tall Tale closes at the Ryerson Artspace Sunday (March 1).
black nance - Christopher Boyne
SF> LA> NY - Lena Oehmsen
Curated by Sabrina Maltese
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Tall Tale opens at the Ryerson Artspace this week.
Tall Tale
Christopher Boyne & Lena Oehmsen
February 5 - March 1, 2015
Opening reception: February 5, 6 - 9pm
Ryerson Artspace at The Gladstone1214 Queen St West, TorontoHours: Monday - Friday 1 - 6pm, Saturday & Sunday 12 - 5pm Tall Tale presents works by Christopher Boyne and Lena Oehmsen centred around the passing on, sharing and telling of stories. The artists are inspired by folklore, familial narratives, memory and internet archives to reconstruct stories through artistic interventions. By replicating stories from the past, or adopting ones from others, the projects relate how personal experiences and received narratives are imbued with fantasy. Although the references for their narratives come from very different places—Boyne, ruminating on his relationship to the Maritimes and Oehmsen exploring America from her point of view as a European—both artists share commonalities in their ways of working by using the analogue methods of model making, and traditional photographic processes to represent past and possible events. Boyne’s two maritime works involve toy model boats hand-crafted by the artist and documented “sailing” in waters close to his childhood home in Nova Scotia. boutilier marine is a re-creation of a boatyard; each model boat represents a boat from Boyne’s past, none of which are known to him today. Some were his own—the Green Hornet and the Ernie B—while others he sailed on, heard stories about and or saw in the water near his house.black nance portrays a fantastical boat loosely based on a boat of historical significance, the first Tancook Schooner by Amos Stevens. Though meticulously crafted, the sheer scale of the ocean renders Boyne’s models in scenes that appear to be at once believable and impossible. Thus the boats serve as emblems of the impossibility of fully rendering both his memories and the maritime folklore that fascinated him as a child. Choosing three of America’s most iconic cities in her project SF> LA> NY (a road trip in 72 images), Oehmsen produces a fictitious road trip through text taken from status updates from social networks. Presented as a slideshow, Oehmsen’s documentation of a fabricated experience attempts to replicate the style of family slideshows from the 70‘s. Staying true to this outdated format, Oehmsen purposefully includes common ‘mistakes’—slides that are out-of-focus, upside down, and under- or over-exposed. Void of imagery, the work forces observers to recall images that we all collectively have in our minds, whether we have physically visited these places or not. The resulting project presents a convincing story and the many layers of untruths raise questions about the commonplace in which travel is communicated today. Curated by Sabrina Maltese Christopher Boyne (b. 1984. Halifax, Nova Scotia) is a photo-based artist living and working in Montreal and Halifax. He holds a BFA from Ryerson University and an MFA from Concordia University. His work has been shown across Canada and in the United States. Recent exhibitions include solo or group showings at the Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Open Space, Victoria, The Ministry of Casual Living, Victoria, Gallery 295, Vancouver, The Craig Gallery, Halifax and the Niagara Artist Centre, St. Catharines. He is the recipient of multiple awards including the Service Cultural Consulat General de France à Toronto Award and the Dick and Gretchen Evans Fellowship for Photography. Lena Oehmsen (b. 1983. Hamburg, Germany) is a multidisciplinary artist based in Hamburg working in photography, installation and performance. She holds a BFA from Ryerson University and has exhibited in solo and group shows in Toronto and across Germany including, Hamburg, Berlin, Cologne, Karlsruhe, Stuttgart and Dusseldorf. Oehmsen’s first performance premiered in the summer of 2014 in Bremen and travelled to the Stadtgalerie Kiel. She has received several awards for her work including the Artgrant Junior Prize.
__18 reflection, Jamie Campbell
When Tom Boyne casts a story, you’ll surely get tangled all up in it. I mean this. He has charm, and a strong jaw line. He is an example of a confident man. You will not catch him hesitate. He tells every story as if he has told it at least one-thousand times prior. Some, I am sure, he has. Each is delivered with perfect pauses, and flawless flow. You’ll sink in, you’ll settle. He will reel you in.
If he was a fisherman and the story was his only bait, then it would be no great surprise that he caught so many god damn blue fin tuna in just three days.
Chris Boyne, however, is a different man than his father. His delivery is much more subtle. He depends on nuances, and inconsistencies, and fabrication, and exaggeration. Poetics are more important than facts. The sentiment of the story outweighs mere delivery. When Chris Boyne tells a story, it is lasting.
He is the hook - the object that represents the grandiose tale. His stories are the ones that sit on a shelf, overlooked by most. If you are not careful, or the type willing to seek them out, they are easily missed. I can assure you though, that they are some of the most thoughtful and honest around. I'll say it again, when Chris Boyne tells a story, it is lasting - but you must be prepared to listen.
Jamie Campbell is an artist currently living in Toronto, Ontario.
Jamie's website & tumblr
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Cape Island Boats The boat my dad was on when he caught the two bluefins was called Lucky Strike. I did not have pictures of that boat or any specific information to base my design for the model on so I settled on the ‘every-boat’ of Atlantic Canada – the Cape Islander.
The Cape Island boat originated on Cape Sable Island, Nova Scotia in the early part of the 20th century. Two families claim credit over the design. The Atkinson family of Clark’s Harbour, Nova Scotia is most commonly credited. The family continues to build boats today for commecial and recreational use. The other claim to the design of the boat comes from the Kenney family also of Clark’s Harbour.
Modern boats are made of fiberglass and have been updated through the years but interestingly, the overall hull model is really the same. The boats are made to be tough and strong and last up to 20 years. Cape Island style boats are sometimes referred to at ‘Novi’ boats. The boats are traditionally painted in bright colours that sometimes coordinate with the colour of fisherman’s houses. The boats are seen throughout the Maritime Provinces.
__16 North Lake, PEI I found this interesting picture of a 1248 lbs bluefin caught by Larry Manranksy in North Lake, PEI in . I immediately recognized the structure the fish is hanging from and the ladder from the pictures of my dad with his tuna.
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__15 Blue fin fishing Nova Scotia- Sport fishing for tuna began in Nova Scotia in 1935 when Michael Lerner and his fishing guide Captain Tommy Gilford successfully landed five bluefin by rod and reel. The two had heard about the abundance of tuna in the waters around Wedgeport. Wedgeport became the Sport Tuna Fishing Capital of the World and attracted famous visitors including Babe Ruth, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Ernest Hemmingway.
Sport fishing for bluefin continues in Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island. Dwindling stocks or altered migration patterns has changed the fishing in the Wedgeport area. Most sport fishing today is carried out in the waters between Eastern Prince Edward Island, Northern Nova Scotia and Cape Breton.
The world record for bluefin fune was caught in 1979 by Ken Fraser off Auld’s Cove Nova Scotia. The fish weighted a massive 1,496 lbs and was over 10.5’ in length.
The longest contest between man and bluefin occurred off Liverpool Nova Scotia in 1934 when six men taking turns fought a 796lbs tuna for sixty-two hours.
Bluefin Rodeo Wedgeport, Nova Scotia 1950s
Tuna Fishing in Wedgeport, Nova Scotia 1940s
__14 THE CRAFT WITH A PROVED REPUTATION!
EVERY MODEL IS GUARANTEED!
Interesting old literature from Star Yacht. ‘Guaranteed to Sail’ but it is complicated.
Star Yacht boats are very simple but the principles of sailing still apply. Windward—sailing against the wind. Reaching—sailing at right angles to the wind. Trimming sails. It is very important to me that these boats work in such a real way.
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Atlantic bluefin tuna - Thunnus thynnus blue fin tuna, blue-fin tunny, Atlantic bluefin tuna, horse mackerels, northern bluefin tuna, squid hounds…
The Atlantic bluefin tuna is the largest of the tuna species. They are found throughout the North Atlantic Ocean and adjacent seas, including the Mediterranean Sea. They are a migratory species that is pelagic meaning they spend their time in water that is neither close to the bottom nor near the shore. They eat fish such as herring, anchovy, sand lance, sardine, sprat, bluefish and mackerel and as large predators, play an important role in pelagic ecosystems. Fully mature adult specimens average 6.6-8.2 feet in length and weigh around 450-550 lbs. It is believed they can grow in excess of 2010 lbs though the largest recorded specimen was just under 1500 lbs. The average natural lifespan of an Atlantic bluefin is 15-30 years.
The body of the Atlantic blue fin is rhomboidal in profile and robust. The head is conical and the mouth quite large. The body is dark blue above and gray with gold sparkle below. Bright yellow scutes or finlets line the dorsal (upper) and ventral (lower) sides of the fish between the dorsal and anal fins and the caudal (tail) fin. The Atlantic bluefin possesses great muscular strength. It channels this strength through a pair of tendons to its caudal fin. Uniquely, the body stays nearly rigid while the caudal fin flicks back and forth. This increases efficiency and allows the Atlantic bluefin to reach speeds of 60 km/h.
Atlantic bluefin that grow in excess of 330 lbs are known at Giant bluefin tuna.