STATEMENT
I am interested in employing perception-shifting tactics to playfully examine the relationship between reality and
representation. Much of my practice is based on mimicking popular and commonplace objects in order to address
their surface aesthetics, explore the ways in which they are readily signified by their outward appearance, and
disrupt our familiar responses to them.
My work focuses on the sense of disorientation and instability that comes from testing the boundaries between
visual perception and physical presence. The methods we use for recognizing objects, fabricating reality, and
determining spatial relationships are open to misinterpretation. In this regard, my practice is influenced by
Ludwig Wittgenstein’s perceptual philosophies regarding representation, and Gaston Bachelard’s explorations of
the relationship between space and memory and imagination. Through sculptural installation, photography and
video, I explore how the formal qualities of objects can be altered to generate moments of curious disruption and
playful confusion, employing optical illusions such as trompe l’oeil, and inversions and reversals. In doing so, I
aim to highlight the role of human imagination and active intervention in the ways we perceive and process our
immediate environment.
BIO
Jade Rude is Toronto-based artist and designer who has studied social theory in Norway, art and design in
England and is a graduate of Alberta College of Art. She has participated in residencies that include the Banff
Centre and as well as Canada has exhibited in the US, England, Japan, Columbia, MAMBA in Buenos Aires and
most recently in a group show at MOCCA.