Caleb Witvoet, Up Worlds Down Words

·Residency: 10 April - 23 May 2025
·Meet & Greet: Thursday, 17 April, 16:00-19:00
·Opening: Friday, 23 May 2025
·Exhibition: 23 May - 14 June 2025
·Sunday Skate Service: 1 + 8 June 2025

Caleb Witvoet explores the creative rebellion of graffiti and skateboarding as forms of civil disobedience in a large-scale installation that draws parallels between the arches of the chapel and the curves of a skate ramp.

Caleb Witvoet (b. 1997, Calgary, AB) works with grain toward flow. He doubts if it’s possible to know the tree by its wood and yet believes that the board is what frames their relationship. As artist, researcher, craft vandal, amateur sk8er, and renovator, Caleb makes a joinery of narrative connections by preparing material moreso than fixed objects. That doesn’t mean he won’t build to an end. In his handcraft as well as skateboarding, the work is in the practice. It’s a mode of being together for a time—with someone, something, or someplace—having a common arc that embraces both the meeting and parting.

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