Contested Landscapes: David Heidebrecht. June 25.
Contested Landscapes: Saturday, June 25. 6:00 to 9:00. No Charge. Music at 8:30/9:00 with Matthew de Zoete and Earth Wind & Choir. PWYC. Josh St. Denis presents a sound installation during the Opening. On the one-year anniversary of the spectacle that was the G20 Summit in Toronto last June, Dave Heidebrecht examines and exposes the significant issues that were largely ignored by the pornographic, disaster news gaze of Canada’s 
mainstream media. Contrasting urban landscapes of protest with the natural landscapes on which protests were focused; Heidebrecht’s portraits of contested landscapes give a voice to the people and issues that went unheard during Toronto’s G20 Summit. Addressing realms of legitimacy, power, and democracy, Contested Landscapes examines the intersections between global and local issues within a Canadian context. While exploring the complexities of economic, political, social, and environmental issues that are the realities of our current era of globalization, Heidebrecht draws parallels between the Northwest British Columbia’s Sacred Headwaters where a number of citizen’s groups oppose a coalbed methane gas development proposal by Royal Dutch Shell and the protest politics surrounding the G20. In doing so, Heidebrecht connects two physically distant and seemingly unrelated landscapes, asking viewers to consider the many voices of people and issues that all too often go unheard.
