Kara Springer

Kara Springer is a Canadian industrial designer and visual artist of Jamaican and Bajan heritage, who was born in Bridgetown, Barbados and raised in Southern Ontario, Canada.[1]

Kara Springer
Born
Barbados
EducationHon.B.Sc. in Life Sciences from the University of Toronto, B.Des. in Industrial Design from the Ontario College of Art & Design, and a MEDes in New Media and Contemporary Technology from ENSCI Les Ateliers in Paris.
Websitewww.karaspringer.ca

Career

Springer's name was featured on "Artists on Politics", a print art magazine, in the section titled, "Simone Leigh the group BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS for BLACK WOMEN ARTISTS MATTER in response to the continued inhumane institutionalized violence against Black lives".[2][3] Springer's work has been exhibited in Germany at the Museum Angewandte Kunst, in Italy the Politecnico di Torino, the Cultural Centre of Belém in Portugal, and in the 2014 Jamaica Biennial.[4]

Works

Kaya Birth Stool, 2008

Springer founded the Kaya Birth Stool 2008, which functions as a tool intended to provide comfort and assistance during birthing.[5]

Translations, 2015

Translations, created in collaboration with Christian Campbell, poet and cultural critic, was a multimedia installation that addressed concepts pertaining to memory, interdisciplinary practices, the archive, and aesthetics, it took place on April 8, 2015 at The Power Plant.[6] Translations integrates image, text and sound, and operates as a tribute to Terry Adkins (1953–2014), a deceased American artist, in addition, to being a response to the parallel exhibit at The Power Plant, The Unfinished Conversation: Encoding/Decoding.[7]

A Small Matter of Engineering (Part 2), 2016

Springer created a sculpture titled, A Small Matter of Engineering (Part 2), which reads "White people. Do something," was installed in front of the Tyler School of Art in September 2016.[8][9]

References
  1. "The Power Plant - Live – Programs & Events – The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery – Harbourfront Centre". www.thepowerplant.org. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  2. Tillmans, Leigh, Myles, Leonard, and Scott (2016). Artforum International. 55. New York: Artforum International Magazine. p. 224.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  3. Leigh, Simone. "Simone Leigh". artforum.com. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  4. "The Power Plant - Live – Programs & Events – The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery – Harbourfront Centre". www.thepowerplant.org. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  5. "Kaya Birth". Kaya Birth Stools | Support for Comfortable Upright Birth Positions. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  6. "The Power Plant - Live – Programs & Events – The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery – Harbourfront Centre". www.thepowerplant.org. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  7. "The Power Plant - Live – Programs & Events – The Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery – Harbourfront Centre". www.thepowerplant.org. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  8. "Students use art to inspire social change - The Temple News". The Temple News. Retrieved 2017-01-12.
  9. Craig, Daniel (27 September 2016). "Temple student's art display tells white people to 'do something'". PhillyVoice. Retrieved 12 January 2017.
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