Hedda Roman: Rogue Planet
At Gairloch Gardens and Centennial Square, Oakville Galleries
June 22–September 28, 2024
Exhibition opening events: Saturday, June 22, 2024
2–5pm: Exhibition Opening, Centennial Square
3–6pm: Exhibition Reception and Remarks at Gairloch Gardens
6–10pm: Summer Party & Sunset Kino in Gairloch Gardens
Hedda Roman will be in attendance.
All are welcome. All events are free. Join the Art Bus!
The exhibition Rogue Planet by Hedda Roman, explores the complexities of fictional biography, origin, and identity through AI technologies. Central to this exhibition is Oldboy, an avatar and Latent Space Traveller, whose poetic dialogues bridge digital realms with reality. Oldboy’s existence challenges more traditional concepts of origin and identity, reflecting the transformative impact of digital technologies and AI on our understanding of selfhood.
The exhibition invites visitors to reconsider identity in the context of digital narratives and essentialism, and prompts a reflection on how machine learning and digital technologies shape, distort, and reconstruct our perceptions of identity and reality. Ultimately Rogue Planetencourages deeper contemplation on the influence of digitalization on identity as well as the authenticity of our personal and collective stories.
Hedda Roman is a Düsseldorf-based artist mesh composed of Hedda Schattanik and Roman Szczesny. Interweaving cinematographic elements with surreal animation, literature, drama, sculpture, photography, and drawing, they create, among others, immersive video installations as well as computer-generated images. Solo exhibitions include Sies + Höke, Düsseldorf (2023, 2021), Salzburger Kunstverein, (2023), Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf (2021), Sammlung Philara, Düsseldorf (2019), Julia Stoschek Collection, Studio 54, Düsseldorf (2019), Insel Hombroich, Neuss (2018), COMA Gallery, Sydney (2018).
Hedda Roman are also Oakville Galleries’ first artists-in-residence for 2024. This unique artist residency and apartment is located at Gairloch Gardens, one of the region’s most beautiful parks.
Special thanks to Goethe-Institut Toronto for supporting this exhibition & residency.
Tuesday – Saturday:
10:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Monday (by appointment)
Closed Sunday + statutory holidays
Free Admission