I highly recommend checking out the photography of Angela Carlsen. Abandoned buildings are fascinating and Angela's photography does more than chronicle peeling paint and crumbling infrastructure.  Her photos give us insight to something we are drawn to but most of us never get a chance to see.  Have you ever driven by an abandoned structure and wondered how it got that way, what happened to leave it in that state or what stories that place could tell if only the walls could talk?

 

Angela can't make the walls talk, but she comes very close.  Every photo tells a different story and you'll be fascinated by how the camera lens can capture so much spirit.

 

You can visit Angela's website and check out her work at her show No Vacancy: A disappearing History at Viewpoint Gallery July 1- August 2, 2009.

 

 

NO VACANCY: A Disappearing History
Photography by Angela Carlsen

WHEN:
Exhibit Run: July 1- August 2, 2009
Opening Reception: Thursday, July 2, 2009. 6pm-9pm
Artist Talk: Sunday, July 12, 2pm.

WHERE:
ViewPoint Gallery, 
1272 Barrington Street, Halifax, NS 
B3J 1Y5 (902)420-0854 
www.viewpointgallery.ca
info@viewpointgallery.ca


No Vacancy is a documentary of five abandoned structures: the former Chronicle Herald building, Greenvale School, Dartmouth Marine Slips, St. Joseph's Church, and the old Halifax Infirmary. 

Progress tries to tell us that instead of renovating buildings with historical relevance, it is better to demolish them in favor of newer, more pristine architecture. Although it is not always practical to save a building just because it is old, our history is still being lost with each structure torn down. Each of these sites has a great deal of historical significance which is communicated through the pairing of newspaper articles and written documentation with photographs of each place. 

With this work, as with Angela's previous exhibition on abandoned houses, the goal is to create a venue for conversation that brings awareness to our neglect and procrastination when dealing with aged buildings and their loss as part of our living history.


1272 Barrington Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia B3J 1Y5 902.420.0854 www.viewpointgallery.ca

 

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