Reader-in-Residence

The Gravitron Reader-In-Residence program has been launched in response to the dearth of spaces in so-called Canada that promote and disseminate artists working with publications and writing. This meandering initiative will focus on promoting writing and reading in the visual arts outside major urban centres.  The reader-in-residence is invited to engage with the Gravitron collection by reading and responding to the material they find.

Rebecca La Marre is the inaugural Gravitron Reader-In-Residence. Over the next couple of months, La Marre will read from the collection of over 150 pieces of artists’ writing. The RIR’s only responsibility is to take time to read from the collection with the hopes that they will come across something unexpected that informs their practice. 

La Marre is a queer, Canadian artist who stages experiments to research how words impact bodies. She uses clay and text to give form to questions, like what it means to be a person in the world and how ideological structures, language, and ritual shape experience.

Learn more about Rebecca’s work here: https://www.rebecca-lamarre.com/