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<p class="MsoNormal">For Immediate Release<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">You may be under video surveillance<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i><o:p> </o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><i>Monitor<o:p></o:p></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center">February 11 to April 9, 2017<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><o:p> </o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><b>March 1, 2017 – Kelowna, BC:</b><em><span style="color:black">
</span></em><em><span style="color:black;font-style:normal">D</span></em><span style="color:black">o you ever feel as though you’re being watched? This question may bring to mind “Big Brother” from George Orwell’s classic novel
<i>1984</i>, or perhaps some of the dystopian films or fiction novels of more recent years, and now, a new group video-installation project produced by UBC Okanagan BFA students offers a local perspective on this theme.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">The exhibition is entitled
<i>Monitor</i> and the artists included examine issues of surveillance, specifically when one is online. It features fourteen videos and video projections that appear on screens mounted throughout the darkened Front project space of the Kelowna Art Gallery
for visitors to explore. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">The exhibition’s organizer comments that “with the emergence of mass surveillance in various countries around the world, along with our own Bill C-51 here in Canada, our freedom of speech
and privacy rights as citizens are at risk. Everyday internet users can take all the precautions provided to keep their data private on various social networks, but are still vulnerable to being hacked/stalked, or having their identities stolen.”<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span style="color:black">The works created by the UBCO students in the show investigate the ethics surrounding government and corporate access to personal data. The video pieces are short – all under 10 minutes
in length, including one that clocks in at a brief 52-second loop. The videos range from one that captures the experience of someone venturing into the world of “The Darknet” online, to another that depicts how companies are able to target and track people’s
movements online and uncover a disturbing amount of information about them. <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Monitor</i> is on view through April 9, 2017, and is free of charge and open to the public.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">The Kelowna Art Gallery is located at 1315 Water Street in downtown Kelowna. For more information about current exhibitions, public programming or special events, please visit the Kelowna Art Gallery online at www.kelownaartgallery.com
or call 250-762-2226.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b>- 30 –<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">[Image caption] Visitors explore <i>Monitor </i>on opening night<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Photos: Hanss Lujan<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">For more information, to schedule an interview, or for additional high-res images please contact:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><u><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">Media Inquiries<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">Joshua Desnoyers | Marketing and Events Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><b><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">Kelowna Art Gallery<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">1315 Water Street | Kelowna, BC | V1Y 9R3<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-autospace:none"><span lang="EN-CA" style="color:black">250-762-2226 ext. 305 | 250-762-9875 fax<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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