Latent Players –
A Studio Béluga Pop-Up Exhibit

Featuring work by Jenal Dolson and Max Alexander
Saturday June 30th 2012 at 7pm
Laneway west of Ossington Ave. and Harbord St. Toronto, Ontario
Curated by and Alina Maizel, Anastasia Hare & Stephanie D’Amico

Latent Players is an art exhibit that takes place in a garage studio refashioned into a gallery space by Studio Béluga. Showcasing a selection of recent paintings by Jenal Dolson and a live audio performance by Max Alexander, the exhibit creates an exchange between art forms and pushes latent influences to the forefront.

Drawing from the immensity of nature, Dolson reduces landscapes into abstract forms, revealing shapes and characters that lie within. In her process she investigates the qualities of her material in various climatic conditions, creating tensions between sleek plasticity and arid cracking.

In a live audio performance on the opening night of the exhibit, Alexander will respond to Dolson’s paintings by combining pieces of his earlier digital audio works with the morphed sounds of music, voice and instrument recordings. The long ambient piece will transition into fixed form as it will be recorded to play in dialogue with Dolson’s paintings for the duration of the exhibit.

We invite you to join us on Saturday, June 30th at 7pm in the laneway west of the intersection of Ossington Ave. and Harbord St. to celebrate Jenal Dolson and Max Alexander’s practices, and the dynamism within their pairing.


Studio Béluga is a collectively run art space currently located in the heart of the Mile End neighborhood of Montreal, Québec. Established with the goal of facilitating artists and curators, and forming a self-pedagogical creative community, this non-profit organization strives to generate new opportunities and foster collaborations across disciplines through programming that includes thematic exhibitions, residencies, and public events. Latent Players is Studio Béluga’s inaugural Pop-Up, marking the beginning of its transition into a nomadic arts organization. The Board of Directors are: Jessa Alston-O’Connor, Stephanie D’Amico, Anastasia Hare, Adam Harvie, Natalia Lebedinskaia, Lucie Lederhendler, Alina Maizel and Sarah Wilkinson.