DocNow Festival Presents:

ROYAL CAFE: CHINESE-WESTERN IN ALBERTA
Elyse Bouvier

Opening Reception: June 2nd, 2016, 6-8pm
Exhibition Run: June 1st - June 12th, 2016

In-conversation/performance with Professor Lily Cho (York University): June 4th, 4-6pm

Royal Cafe is a photo-based journey through rural Alberta’s landscape, streets, and small town Chinese-Western restaurants. Through a collage-like installation of photos, sound, food, and material, the artist seeks to invite wonder while exploring the complex relationship between food, place, and Canadian cultural hybridity.

Elyse Bouvier is a Western-Canadian photographer based in Toronto and holds a B.Comm from Mount Royal University. Her current practice explores issues of community, memory, and place, and she is particularly fascinated with how food intersects with cultural identity. Bouvier has published and presented her research in both Canada and the UK.