Speaker Series: Maxwell Stephens & Hadley Howes

Vancouver artists Hadley Howes and Maxwell Stephens have been working collaboratively since 1997. Their work is centred on an intense investigation into collaboration, both within the production of work and in its dissemination. In recent years, their focus has been on a series entitled the décor projects in which they collaborate with curators and collectors, designing conceptual redecorations for their homes and photographing the resulting installations. Each project is an experiment in relationships between subjects and spaces of cultural production, and the suspension of artistic process between the figures of artist and spectator. They have exhibited internationally and received their Masters of Art in Communications from the European Graduate School in Switzerland.

The Speaker Series (1989–2006) was a programme of visiting artist talks and lectures. From 2000–2006, talks were co-organized with the Art Now course at ECIAD.