Update: John’s Street Level exhibition at the Princess Twin Cinema Odeon Gallery has been extended until June 25, so go have a look if you haven’t already!
Opening of Street Level: Poetics of Urban Infrastructure. Photo by John Hofstetter.
Street Level is an exhibition of work by Waterloo-based artist John Hofstetter, also known as the friendly man behind the counter at the Musagetes Architecture Library. It is currently on display at the Princess Twin Cinema in Waterloo. The photographs and mixed-media works are concerned with the poetics of urban infrastructure – seeing the everyday objects embedded in the fabric of the city through a new lens.
An alumnus of the University of Waterloo’s Fine Arts program, John has previously exhibited work locally and throughout North America. Last year, he showed his mixed-media assemblages in an exhibition at the library titled Artefacts of Memory and shared his skills with the Waterloo Architecture community in an Uncovered workshop.
For a live sample of his work, look for two of his mixed-media pieces at Monigram Coffee Roasters, then head over to the Princess Twin’s Odeon Gallery and perhaps catch a film while you’re at it. Street Level is on until May 31.
I am a graduate student at the University of Waterloo School of Architecture, currently completing my MArch thesis on the design and collective memory of Indian residential schools in Canada.
