Althea Thauberger: Works
Althea Thauberger (Canadian), Serious, 2003, digital chromogenic print, 28 x 36 cm. Courtesy of the artist ©2011 Althea Thauberger
Althea Thauberger (Canadian), Destroyed Grow-Op, 2004, digital chromogenic print, 51 x 64 cm. Courtesy of the artist ©2011 Althea Thauberger
Althea Thauberger (Canadian), Northern (Production still), 2005, 35mm film with sound transferred to HD video, 8:00 min. Courtesy of the artist ©2011 Althea Thauberger
Althea Thauberger (Canadian), Northern (Production still), 2005, 35mm film with sound transferred to HD video, 8:00 min. Courtesy of the artist ©2011 Althea Thauberger
Althea Thauberger (Canadian), Northern (Production still), 2005, 35mm film with sound transferred to HD video, 8:00 min. Courtesy of the artist ©2011 Althea Thauberger
Althea Thauberger (Canadian), Zivildeinst ≠ Kunstprojekt (Social Service ≠ Art Project) (Production still), 2006, architectural set, performance and digital video, 20:00 min. Courtesy of the artist ©2011 Althea Thauberger
Althea Thauberger (Canadian), Zivildeinst ≠ Kunstprojekt (Social Service ≠ Art Project) (Production still), 2006, architectural set, performance and digital video, 20:00 min. Courtesy of the artist ©2011 Althea Thauberger
Althea Thauberger (Canadian), Zivildeinst ≠ Kunstprojekt (Social Service ≠ Art Project) (Production still), 2006, architectural set, performance and digital video, 20:00 min. Courtesy of the artist ©2011 Althea Thauberger
Althea Thauberger (Canadian), Anatomie Artistique. 2011, platinum print,24 x 65 in. Courtesy of the Artist and Susan Hobbs Gallery. ©2011 Althea Thauberger
Althea Thauberger (Canadian), The Art of Seeing Without Being Seen, 2008, photographic mural, 442 x 549 cm. Koerner Library, UBC. Courtesy of the artist ©2011 Althea Thauberger
Althea Thauberger (Canadian), Chelsea Girls (Production stills), 2008, double-projection 16mm film installation, 59:00 min. Courtesy of the artist ©2011 Althea Thauberger
Althea Thauberger (Canadian), Chelsea Girls (Production stills), 2008, double-projection 16mm film installation, 59:00 min. Courtesy of the artist ©2011 Althea Thauberger
Althea Thauberger (Canadian), Chelsea Girls (Production stills), 2008, double-projection 16mm film installation, 59:00 min. Courtesy of the artist ©2011 Althea Thauberger
Althea Thauberger (Canadian), Chelsea Girls (Production stills), 2008, double-projection 16mm film installation, 59:00 min. Courtesy of the artist ©2011 Althea Thauberger
Althea Thauberger (Canadian), Kandahar International Airport, 2009, digital chromogenic print, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist ©2011 Althea Thauberger
Althea Thauberger (Canadian), Ecce Homo, 2011, installation view, Public billboard work in Vancouver. City of Vancouver and Translink Public Art Program, 9' x 44', Courtesy of the artist. ©2011 Althea Thauberger
Althea Thauberger (Canadian), Ma'Sum Ghar 1, 2009, digital chromogenic print, 51 x 61 cm. Courtesy of the artist ©2011 Althea Thauberger
Althea Thauberger (Canadian), Ma'Sum Ghar 3, 2009, digital chromogenic print, 51 x 61 cm. Courtesy of the artist ©2011 Althea Thauberger
Althea Thauberger (Canadian), A Memory Lasts Forever (Production still), 2004, collaboratively written musical video, 29:00 min. Courtesy of the artist ©2011 Althea Thauberger
Althea Thauberger: Video
Althea Thauberger: Jury Statement
While Althea Thauberger’s practice defies strict definition by artistic medium, she has produced remarkable photographs, films and videos, among other things, over the course of her decade-long career. Driven by her interest in, and unique facility for, collaboration, the thread that connects all of her projects is her thoughtful engagement with groups of people – most often well-defined social enclaves – as her subjects. She works with these communities to develop performances that offer the members opportunities for self-exploration and self-definition. The works, which Thauberger produces to record the collaborations, are always extraordinarily striking documents that entice, engage and surprise her viewers.
Althea Thauberger: Bio
Althea Thauberger (born 1970). Canadian
Althea Thauberger is an artist based in Vancouver. Her internationally produced and exhibited work typically involves interactions with a group or community that result in performances, films, videos, audio recordings and books, and involve sometimes provocative reflections of social, political, institutional and aesthetic power relations. Her work has been presented at the 17th Biennale of Sydney; National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh; Guangzhou Triennial, China; Manifesta 7, Trento, Italy; Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, Vancouver; Vancouver Art Gallery; BAK, Utrecht; Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin; Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany; Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax; Singapore History Museum; Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver; Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerp; Berkeley Art Museum; Insite, San Diego/Tijuana; White Columns, New York; and Seattle Art Museum.
