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[Sabbatical Presentations - Claire Brunet & Nina Leo](/index%2Ephp/markdownify/node/3326) # Sabbatical Presentations - Claire Brunet & Nina Leo Talk Faculty Public Staff Undergraduate Student A Hybrid Event: Sabbatical Presentations by Two Faculty Members Claire Brunet \| Sculpture/ Installation Nina Leo \| Sculpture/ Installation 230 Richmond (RHB) 230 Richmond St. W RHB 322 April 22, 2025 1 - 2:30 p.m. Department Faculty of Art Faculty Faculty of Art Cost Free [Add to Calendar](data:text/calendar;charset=utf8;base64,QkVHSU46VkNBTEVOREFSDQpWRVJTSU9OOjIuMA0KUFJPRElEOlNwYXRpZSBjYWxlbmRhci1saW5rcw0KQkVHSU46VkVWRU5UDQpVSUQ6NDVmZGFmMjU5OGNhMjIwMGVlY2E1MDgyNWViZDhlYmENClNVTU1BUlk6U2FiYmF0aWNhbCBQcmVzZW50YXRpb25zIC0gQ2xhaXJlIEJydW5ldCAmIE5pbmEgTGVvDQpEVFNUQU1QOjIwMjUwNDIyVDE3MDAwM1oNCkRUU1RBUlQ6MjAyNTA0MjJUMTcwMDAzWg0KRFRFTkQ6MjAyNTA0MjJUMTgzMDAwWg0KRU5EOlZFVkVOVA0KRU5EOlZDQUxFTkRBUg==) 230 Richmond (RHB) 230 Richmond St. W RHB 322 April 22, 2025 1 - 2:30 p.m. Department Faculty of Art Faculty Faculty of Art Cost Free [Add to Calendar](data:text/calendar;charset=utf8;base64,QkVHSU46VkNBTEVOREFSDQpWRVJTSU9OOjIuMA0KUFJPRElEOlNwYXRpZSBjYWxlbmRhci1saW5rcw0KQkVHSU46VkVWRU5UDQpVSUQ6NDVmZGFmMjU5OGNhMjIwMGVlY2E1MDgyNWViZDhlYmENClNVTU1BUlk6U2FiYmF0aWNhbCBQcmVzZW50YXRpb25zIC0gQ2xhaXJlIEJydW5ldCAmIE5pbmEgTGVvDQpEVFNUQU1QOjIwMjUwNDIyVDE3MDAwM1oNCkRUU1RBUlQ6MjAyNTA0MjJUMTcwMDAzWg0KRFRFTkQ6MjAyNTA0MjJUMTgzMDAwWg0KRU5EOlZFVkVOVA0KRU5EOlZDQUxFTkRBUg==) ![OCAD Campus in the snow](/sites/default/files/styles/16_9_wide/public/2025-02/439A7736.jpg.webp?itok=YpV6lc1N) rgb(255,255,255) ##### Faculty of Art ## Sabbatical Presentations - Tuesday, April 22, 1 to 2:30 pm - 230 Richmond St., Room 322 - Hybrid Presentation [Join Teams](https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_NzIyYmM1M2ItODQ2ZS00OGVmLWIzZWMtMjU0YjIwZmQyNDEy%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2206e469d1-2d2a-468f-ae9b-7df0968eb6d7%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%2290e06982-f493-4146-8280-35036ce20cc5%22%7d) ![Sabbatical presentation poster with work images, title, name, and location](/sites/default/files/2025-04/Claire%20B%20and%20Nina%20L_Web%20and%20email.jpg) rgb(255,255,255) ![Sabbatical presentation poster with work image, title, name, and location](/sites/default/files/2025-04/Claire%20Brunet_Ins%201.jpg) Claire Brunet presents: ##### Sculpture Allegory: Displacement of Referential Elements from Natural, Cultural, and Historical Contexts --- Claire Brunet’s *Sculpture Allegory* project seeks to express the passage of time through sculptural objects embedded with symbolic meaning. Drawing inspiration from the world around her, she creates assemblages using 3D scan photograms of digitized referential objects. Brunet captures or appropriates various elements drawn from natural, urban, and historical contexts. These photograms are digitally combined to create *Sculpture Allegory* 3D print prototypes, which are then further altered through hands-on processes; selected works are cast in bronze. The *Sculpture Allegory* series is grounded in a narrative enriched by layered meanings and open to interpretation. The *Glacier* project explores the merging of temporalities as a metaphor for expressing climate change. *Socrate/Socrates*, referencing Erik Satie’s 1919 *Socrate* composition for voice and piano, combines a reformatted 3D music sheet with the philosopher’s historical statue, forming a sculptural allegory that suggests openness to diverse forms of knowledge. Inspired by data collected during two artist residencies in Italy, Brunet integrates digital data from past and present referential elements to create sculptural projects that are both digital and tangible, navigating spatial-temporal dimensions. During her sabbatical leave, she explored a range of approaches to analogue and digital data creation and application, moving from 2D to 3D processes through exploratory visual representations. rgb(255,255,255) ![Sabbatical presentation poster with work image, title, name, and location](/sites/default/files/2025-04/Nina%20Leo_Ins%201.jpg) Nina Leo presents: ##### The Irrefutable Border --- Nina Leo’s presentation will focus on work created with her collaborator, author and poet Moez Surani, during her half sabbatical in fall 2024. Their practice resides at the intersection of contemporary politics and autobiography, exploring how identity, ideology, and culture interrelate. Specifically, she will discuss three works, *Summa,* which stems from their ongoing research into contemporary sites of migration; *Pjostcards*, which uses typical postcard strategies to foreground the often common, yet intimate personal landmarks cities hold; and *Every Day of Peace in the Last Hundred Years*, a drawing performance focused on the precise days over the past hundred years when there was peace between nations. Please be advised that OCAD U hosted events may be documented through photographs and video. These images may be used by the University for promotional, advertising, and educational purposes. By participating in our events, both on campus and off-site, you consent to allowing OCAD University to document and use your image and likeness. However, if you do not want us to use a photo or video of you or your child, please don’t hesitate to let us know when you arrive at the event. 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