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EXPLORE CANADA'S LOVE OF THE GREAT OUTDOORS: PLAY>NATION Toronto, Canada (June 16, 2011) The Design Exchange (DX), Canada's National Design Museum and Centre presents its summer exhibition, Play > Nation, opening July 1st for a 17-week exploration of Canada's love of the great outdoors. Canada, one of the world's lowest population densities, is known for its vast open spaces and varied geography. Play > Nation will explore the ways in which our unique landmass has contributed to a national love of the outdoors and shaped our collective interest in outdoor sport and exploration. The exhibit will chronicle the transition of objects used by First Nations peoples and early Canadian settlers and explorers for survival and transportation to our contemporary use of the same items for sport and hobby. Play > Nation will incorporate a myriad of design disciplines, including apparel, industrial design, graphic design, as well as other Canadian iconic designs including the Hudson's Bay Blanket, the Birch Bark Canoe and the Hockey Sweater. The exhibition sections will focus on Coast to Coast, Nature and Nurture, The Great White and National Symbols. Each section will present contemporary Canadian outdoor and sporting equipment, contextualized by historical examples of earlier models and archival material pertaining to outdoor sport and exploration. The exhibition will feature works from the DX permanent collection, objects on loan from participating institutions and Canadian companies that include Canada Goose Apparel, Mountain Equipment Co-op, Olson Curling, Bauer and Swift Canoe. A selection of Canadian artists that include Charles Pachter, Dean Baldwin, Diana Thorneycroft, Douglas Coupland, Elinor Whidden and Travis Shilling whose work will be on display will highlight and challenge the mythology of a particular terrestrial milieu. In doing so, Play > Nation will offer a look into our paradigms of play, the universal language of the great outdoors and what unites us from coast to coast. Log on to the Play > Nation blog to get a behind the scenes look into how this exhibit is formalized and how the seeds of an idea evolve into a tangible exhibition. dx.org/playnation INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC Exhibition Dates: July 1 - October 11, 2011 Location: 234 Bay Street, TD Canada Trust Tower, Toronto, ON Time: Monday - Friday 10-5PM, Saturday/Sunday 12-5PM Admission: Free to DX Members, $10 Adults, $8 Student/Seniors ABOUT THE DESIGN EXCHANGE Design Exchange (DX) is Canada's Design Centre and Museum with a mission to promote the value of design. We are an internationally recognized non-profit educational organization committed to promoting greater awareness of design as well as the indispensable role it plays in fostering economic growth and cultural vitality. We improve communication between various design disciplines, educators, businesses and the general public through programs, exhibits, lectures, and workshops. For more information visit www.dx.org |
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