Brand New Hymn: Jasper Van Alderwegen

An altar to the dysphoric and dissociated, Brand New Hymn suggests a ‘new’ folklore for the unnavigable present that desperately sanctifies the individual. - Jasper van Alderwegen is an artist born and currently based on the unceded Coast Salish Territory of the Lekwungen and WSÁNEĆ nations and pursuing an honours BFA in visual arts at The University of Victoria. Their practice primarily focuses on multi-media painting and sculpture. - Covid - 19 Guidelines · Only one visitor or household allowed in the gallery at a time. Physical distancing in effect. · Visitors are asked to wait outside until the gallery sitter opens the door for them. Thank you for your considerations. - the fifty fifty arts collective is comprised of individuals living and working on unceded and occupied First Nations Territories, specifically the lands of the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations, as well as the W̱SÁNEĆ, Sc'ianew and T'Souke First Nations. The programming space itself is situated on Songhees and Esquimalt Territory but engages with individuals and communities across Turtle Island. As a collective we endeavor to deepen our own understandings of how we are implicated in the history and in the present ongoing project of settler colonialism. As members of the fifty fifty arts collective we continually responsibilize ourselves to the complex kind of space that is the fifty fif... read more...