Cardiac Composition by Ashley Au
Performed by Sono Lux choir in Galerie Buhler Gallery
7 p.m. 28 February 2025 | Free to attend
St. B. is home to Cardiac Sciences; thousands of hearts have continued to beat thanks to the expert care of its surgeons, physicians, nurses, and auxiliary staff. Cardiac Composition is a celebration of this.
Local composer and musician, Ashley Au, was given special access to Cardiac Sciences and commissioned by GBG’s curator, hannah_g, to create a piece of choral music based on her experience of meeting surgical teams, seeing operating areas, and viewing anonymized patient data. The relationship between our hearts and lungs is intimate–what a beautiful way to celebrate the work of Cardiac Sciences through singing it.
Members of St. B’s community will be invited to temporarily join the choir. This really will be an event from the heart of St. B.
Heliophile | Anna Binta Diallo
April 1 – July 2025
Few architects in the province have captured the hearts and minds of its people as profoundly as Etienne Gaboury, whose creations are rooted in the nuances of regional character, shaping the way Manitobans perceive themselves and their landscape—he even designed the Hospital’s Atrium. Gaboury is also the grandfather of the artist Anna Binta Diallo (a professor at the University of Manitoba) and was a profound source of inspiration to her, guiding, encouraging, and influencing her journey as a visual artist since she was very young. Gaboury passed away in St. Boniface Hospital in 2021, surrounded by his family.
Heliophile (meaning lover of light) is an exhibition in which Diallo explores the influence of her grandfather on her own art work. It will include sculptures embodying the love of light and space that characterise both of their work. A luminous and ethereal atmosphere will be created in the gallery that will inspire contemplation and engage viewers with narratives of interconnectedness.
This is a very special and important exhibition, not only in terms of centring one of Canada’s most acclaimed architects and also a rising star in the country’s art world; but also in terms of St. B.’s relationship to Gaboury and thereby Diallo, and their influence in the city.