This artist's book is the first chapter of a publication that will continue to develop in several volumes alongside the project. It is a collection of portraits and interviews conducted by artist Ed Pien with elders in Cuba over an undetermined period of time.
"Since November 2014, a small group of elders and I have begun a conversation about the perception of time. This project is ongoing and I am documenting our encounters over time. The duration of the project will be determined by the end of life, whether it is the participants' or my own, or by the participants' loss of interest.
By sharing time and reflecting on its impact, could we better understand it?
I mainly use video and photography to record our meetings twice a year. The project goes beyond a discussion about time. It is through the experience and passage of time together that the works created in this process take shape, that they continually shape and reshape themselves."
Ed Pien
Ed Pien received his BFA from Western University and his MFA from York University. His work has been exhibited at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; the Goethe Institute, Berlin; the Art Gallery of Ontario; the Musée des beaux-arts and the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal; the Songzhuang Art Centre, Beijing; and the National Gallery of Canada. Major exhibitions include the Sydney and Moscow Biennials, and Oh Canada at MASS MoCA. Pien teaches part-time in the Department of Visual Studies at the University of Toronto. He is represented by Pierre-François Ouellette Art Contemporain, Montreal; Birch Contemporary, Toronto; and Maurits van de Laar Gallery, The Hague.
Catherine Sicot
Catherine Sicot is the founder and director of Elegoa Cultural Productions, a social enterprise of artistic production that contributes to the development of innovative and engaged communities. She has been an international curator and cultural entrepreneur in the visual arts for over 15 years.
