[Bcma-l] FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Saturday Feb. 2, 2008

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Saturday Feb. 2, 2008

Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art presents artist-in-residence 
Gerry Garrett

KELOWNA (BC) – Kelowna resident Gerry Garrett has been invited to 
participate as artist-in-residence this February at the Alternator 
Gallery for Contemporary Art.

Garrett was born and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. He graduated from the 
University of Alberta with degrees in microbiology and medicine and has 
practiced family medicine in northern B.C. and in the Okanagan.

During his month long residency Garrett will explore similarities 
between mobile genetic elements and geodesic structures, two seemingly 
divergent areas, brought together through his background in science and 
renewed interest in art.

Garrett’s interest was sparked during his undergraduate degree. 
“Studying those little suckers tough structural coats got me interested 
in the geodesic domes made famous by R. Buckminster Fuller.”

Mobile genetic elements can sometimes form geodesic structures and often 
perform useful functions rather than simply cause disease. Studies have 
shown upwards of 40% of the genetic code in all species is actually 
composed of mobile virus-like genetic elements. The line between viruses 
and mobile genetic elements seems blurred.

Using recycled wood, Garrett will create architectural forms that will 
spread out of the studio structure, while incorporating elements from 
the "host" gallery. They will travel into the outside world, perhaps 
replicating their memes.

The Alternator invites the public to visit Garrett in the Alternator’s 
Studio 111 located in the Rotary Centre for the Arts.

The Alternator Gallery offers member artists the opportunity to 
participate in a one-month residency in Studio 111 in the Rotary Centre 
for the Arts, the facility that houses the Alternator Gallery in 
Kelowna's downtown cultural district located at 103-421 Cawston Avenue.

For more information on the Alternator’s activities, visit the gallery 
from 11 to 5 p.m. Tuesday to Saturday or go to www.alternatorgallery.com.

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Alternator Gallery for Contemporary Art
#103-421 Cawston Ave.
Kelowna, BC
V1Y 6Z1
250-868-2298

www.alternatorgallery.com <http://www.alternatorgallery.com/>
info@alternatorgallery.com <mailto:info@alternatorgallery.com>


The Alternator Gallery is proud to present ON COMMON GROUND National 
Media Arts Festival & Conference, June 10-14 2008.

Exploring common visions while showcasing the history of Indigenous 
media art in the traditional territory of the Syilx Nation in beautiful 
Kelowna BC.
www.imaa.ca <http://www.imaa.ca/> or www.alternatorgallery.com 
<http://www.alternatorgallery.com/>