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Our true nature is the soul

Posted by Pamela Dixon in Culture
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Our True Nature by E.T.N. Smibert
Runs until October 14
Little Gallery, University of Calgary

Yellowed leaves carpet the floor of the Little Gallery. The space is pitch-black except for the dim light emanating from three tents gathered in the centre. The ceiling of the gallery has been transformed into the night sky. A stereo fills the room with nature sounds.

E.T.N. Smibert’s  art installation, Our True Nature, situated in the gallery on the sixth floor of the Art Parkade at the University of Calgary, invites contemplation.

“It invites the viewer to listen, not just hear,” Smibert says. “It questions human relationships with nature and other humans.”

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