BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Local's Dozen//Instant Add//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:9a9191978a4b3b7d25985cf7eae3f17a0d7aa8cd@localsdozen.com DTSTAMP:20261005T051050Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Toronto:20260925T123000 DTEND;TZID=America/Toronto:20260925T170000 SUMMARY:Kamiphony by Cybele Young LOCATION:Koffler Arts\,

180 Shaw St.\, #105 Toronto\, ON M6J 2W5

DESCRIPTION:Koffler Arts welcomes Governor General’s Award winning arti st Cybèle Young to the Koffler Gallery for the international debut of he r exhibition\, Kamiphony\, curated by Zoë Foster. At the centre of the e xhibition is a pantheon of kinetic paper machines. Over time\, each sculp tural object performs a small\, repetitive action. Lighting and sound amp lification accompany their movements\, creating a shifting tableau of mot ion\, dancing shadows\, and sound. These kinetic sculptures are situated within a long tradition that has championed uselessness. From Aristotle t o Baroque automata\, from Bruno Munari to Jean Tinguely’s anarchic scul ptures\, philosophers and artists have repeatedly returned to this idea. By engaging with these historical debates\, Young invites viewers to cons ider our present-day predicament. The sculptures’ refusal to be efficie nt mirrors a contemporary moment in which we are re-examining the value o f work as a result of COVID-19. For Young\, this project is also deeply p ersonal. She began creating the work in response to her experience of men opause\, during which her body felt as though it was “breaking down.” This experience inspired her to explore the space between what no longer works and something new that has yet to take form. The machines’ repet itive movements foreshadow that something will – over time – emerge. Their persistence draws viewers into a public ritual where repetition its elf becomes a form of meaning-making. In conceiving this work\, Young was also influenced by her great-uncle\, the composer Colin McPhee\, who\, w hile encountering ritual traditions in Bali\, observed that usefulness is not measured by output or progress but by duration and presence. As visi tors move through the exhibition\, the sculptural machines become a misch ievous orchestra. They invite us to reimagine our world together and ques tion its parts. - Cybèle Young is a Toronto-based multidisciplinary arti st and author. Her decades-long collaboration with Japanese paper anchors a practice concerned with transformation\, ritual\, and shifting perspec tive - from intricate paper miniatures to kinetic installations. Drawing from Dada\, Fluxus\, and the anthropology of play\, she builds poetic str uctures that unsettle the familiar. Since graduating from the Ontario Col lege of Art & Design in 1995\, Young has presented more than twenty solo exhibitions and over thirty group exhibitions across Canada and internati onally\, including New York\, Los Angeles\, London\, Oslo\, Singapore\, B eijing\, and Tokyo. Her work is held in numerous public and private colle ctions\, including the Canada Council Art Bank\, Global Affairs Canada\, BMO Financial Group\, OMERS\, and Ernst & Young. She has received more th an thirty grants and awards\, including the Governor General's Literary A ward and a Canada Council residency in Paris\, and is represented by Foru m Gallery in New York and Los Angeles. Her practice continues to evolve t hrough interdisciplinary projects\, bringing together sculpture\, movemen t\, sound\, film\, and participation. Kamiphony marks a significant new c hapter in this ongoing exploration.\n\nEvent page: https://www.kofflerart s.org/whatson/exhibitions/exhibition/kamiphony-cybele-young\n\nLocal's Do zen: https://localsdozen.com/\n\nGet the weekly dozen: https://localsdoze n.com/#/portal/signup URL:https://www.kofflerarts.org/whatson/exhibitions/exhibition/kamiphony- cybele-young END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR