The ‘La Cloche Spirit: The Equivalent Light’ exhibit at 200 Bay St., South Tower Lobby, Royal Bank Plaza closes this Saturday at 5 p.m. It is part of CONTACT 2012 and open 24/7 so I hope you have a chance to drop by and enjoy a “moment” of La Cloche.
“Autumn Aura” from the 2012 ‘La Cloche Spirit: The Equivalent Light’ exhibit. The exhibit will be in the South Tower Lobby of the Royal Bank Plaza at 200 Bay St.,Toronto ( CONTACT 2012 ) from Monday, May 13 to Saturday, May 26 and The Gore Bay Museum and Gallery from June 10 to August 6, 2012.
La Cloche Photograph Exhibit –
‘La Cloche Spirit: The Equivalent Light’
‘La Cloche Spirit: The Equivalent Light’, an exhibit by La Cloche photographer Jon Butler, www.jonbutlerphoto.com, will be in Toronto this month as part of the international Scotiabank CONTACT 2012 photography festival.
‘La Cloche Spirit’ is a photographic exhibition that explores the light of dawn and how it evokes an inspirational space and translates the timeless beauty of nature. After the practice of Stieglitz, an “equivalent” photograph functions as a work of art because it both communicates subject matter and suggests mental states.
Jon Butler is a Zen practitioner and retired newspaper executive who changed his clothes to enjoy the passing seasons of life. He has been capturing and enjoying the light of La Cloche for more than 30 years. He concentrates on solitary, contemplative landscapes and atmospheric effects with his natural light photographs. They reflect years of meditation on the subject matter and draw viewers into the light of La Cloche.
The La Cloche area, www.lacloche.ca, with its quartzite mountains, crystal clear lakes, windswept pines and abundant wildlife, is located in Northern Ontario on the north shore of Georgian Bay with Killarney Park in the east and the town of Spanish in the west. Butler lives in Willisville located in the heart of La Cloche. This area was recently saved from the possibility of any future mining as a quarry. In 2011, the mining company Vale liberally surrendered the license for this property so it may be enjoyed for generations to come. Butler was instrumental in saving the Mountain and establishing the La Cloche Mountains Preservation Society.
In 2012, Butler’s exhibit ‘La Cloche Spirit: The Equivalent Light’ will be at 200 Bay St., South Tower Lobby, Royal Bank Plaza from Sunday. May 13 to Saturday, May 26 and at The Gore Bay Museum Heritage Centre from June 10 to August 6. The exhibition was funded in part by the Ontario Arts Council and Vale.
The opening reception for CONTACT 2012, 200 Bay St., Toronto will be on Monday, May 14, from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. and all are welcome.
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Happy Earth Day from a beautiful spot on the Earth – La Cloche.
'La Cloche Spirit: The Equivalent Light' - CONTACT 2012 - Toronto
"Heaven and Earth" from the 2012 'La Cloche Spirit: The Equivalent Light' exhibit. The exhibit will be in the South Tower Lobby of the Royal Bank Plaza at 200 Bay St.,Toronto from Monday, May 13 to Saturday, May 26 and The Gore Bay Museum and Gallery from June 10 to August 6, 2012.
La Cloche Spirit: The Equivalent Light
CONTACT 2012, May 13 – May 26, 200 Bay St., Toronto
Opening Reception on Monday, May 14, 5:00 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
‘The La Cloche Spirit: The Equivalent Light’ is a photographic exhibit by Jon Butler exploring the equivalent light of dawn and how it evokes inspirational space capturing the timeless beauty of nature.
The impressive and spiritual qualities of the La Cloche Mountains of Northern Ontario have drawn artists and travelers for centuries. The mystical light, windswept pines and quartzite vistas of the area have enthralled the Anishinabe, French voyageurs, British traders, Canada’s Group of Seven and today’s visitors.
An Equivalent is a photograph that functions as a work of art because while it communicates it also suggests mental images. This is what the natural colour of Butler’s photographs inspires. Alfred Stieglitz pioneered this photographic concept, which was adopted and widely taught by Minor White.
The digital and analog exhibition photographs were taken in the Willisville Mountain area of La Cloche. This area was recently saved from the possibility of any future mining as a quarry. In 2011, the mining company Vale liberally surrendered the license for this property so it may be enjoyed for generations to come. Butler was instrumental in saving the Mountain and establishing the La Cloche Mountains Preservation Society.
Butler’s 30 years of photographing La Cloche has resulted in a photographic style that conveys the colour fields of Mark Rothko and landscapes of Franklin Carmichael.
The exhibit will be in the South Tower Lobby of the Royal Bank Plaza at 200 Bay St., Toronto from Sunday, May 13 to Saturday, May 26, 2012. The opening reception will be on Monday, May 14 from 5:00 to 7:30 p.m.
The exhibit was funded in part by the Ontario Arts Council and Vale.
