Canadian Stan Douglas works primarily with film and video, presenting these art forms in fascinating installation pieces. The artist plays with found footage (both documentary and fictional), directs his own material and even investigates the power that sound holds in the film and video universe.

Most recently, Douglas has just wrapped a show at the Art Institute of Chicago. "Made in Detroit, his most recent body of work - which at present consists of 25 large-format color photographs but will eventually encompass a major new video work-documents a city devastated by lost jobs and "white flight" to gated suburban communities."

With Made in Detroit in a period of artistic incubation, Douglas is making his way to Nova Scotia College of Art and Design tonight to talk in the Public Lecture Series Speakers. This is the first time Douglas has spoken in Atlantic Canada and the lecture is a great opportunity for Atlantic artists to hear the vision of one of Canada's most accomplished and unique artists.

Douglas lives in Vancouver and "his work has been exhibited throughout the world and has received outstanding critical acclaim. He has exhibited at the Guggenheim Museum, NYC and Bilbao, the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam, the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Ontario, the Vancouver Art Gallery, the Institute of Contemporary Art, London UK. He has contributed to prestigious international exhibits such as Documenta IX and X in Kassel, Germany, the Lyon Biennale and the Johannesburg Biennale. His work has also been discussed in such publications as Artforum, Art in America, and The Village Voice."

NASCAD is a big believer in enhancing the creative and critical education of its students and staff. They even welcome art-curious members of the public.