Opening Reception for Members and Guests: Ephemeral Fields by Andrzej Maciejewski

Ephemeral Fields is a suite of 18 autobiographical photographic diptychs by Andrzej Maciejewski – a nationally and internationally renowned Polish-born Canadian photographer and author – that explores the intersections of modern science, philosophy, and mental health.

Andrzej Maciejewski’s father, who was diagnosed with schizophrenia, died by suicide exactly 50 years ago, and left 23 small notebooks with reflections on his life. Five of these books are entirely devoted to ​“electromagnetic events” and are meticulously transcribed textbooks that include many precise technical drawings. After so many years of missing him, Andrzej started to have an impression that his interest in science was driven by desperate and futile attempts to find a scientific explanation for his delusions and feeling of being manipulated.

Venue accessibility at Main Gallery, Harcourt House Artist Run Centre:

- Harcourt House’s offices along with the Main and Art Incubator Galleries are located on 3^rd floor.

- Access by elevator seven stairs down from the main entrance to the basement floor with banisters on both sides.

- Wheelchair access from the building’s underpass via the basement art studios can be arranged with Harcourt’s staff at tel. 780−426−4180.

- Gender single stall washrooms with handrails.

- Seating in the art galleries to be arranged with Harcourt’s staff upon request.