COUNTING TO 1,000: John Steil
May 13 – June 6, 2015
For a year and a half, artist John Steil was focused on numbers. It began on a 10-day road trip through the states, where the quiet contemplation of the road led him to notice the numbers all around him – on signs, shirts, cars, and more. He began to photograph them and, when he returned to Vancouver, he continued recording the numbers he encountered in everyday life. Striving to document numbers that were not always straight-forward, Steil amassed a diverse collection. The result is an engaging video projection showing sequential photographs of his ‘discovered’ numbers starting at one, counting up to 1,000, and then counting back down to one with a second set of unique photographs. John Steil is a Vancouver photographer, community planner, painter, printmaker, and poet.
Reception: Sunday, May 24, 2 – 4 p.m.
Artist Talk: Saturday, June 6, 2 p.m.
