Art Industria is proposing an installation for the ground floor of the historic Public Utilities Commission building across from the Kitchener City Hall. The process involves a dialogue between the artists, Derek Knight and Franc Petric, and Kitchener Wilmot Hydro on ways and means of illuminating the building in order to underscore the theme of Power to the People.

 

Art Industria was formed in 1995 by Derek Knight and Franc Petric, two artists who reside in the Niagara region. Motivated by the desire to work collaboratively, they have developed a series of proposals over the years with a focus on art, research and technology. Underlining their concerns with the dialectical relationship between ecology and industry, they have developed conceptual models which combine installation techniques and situational aesthetics in order to further the dialogue between artist and society.