Canadian artist Terence Gower lives and works between New York, Mexico City, and France. Known for a research-driven practice dealing with archives, Gower has spent the past 15 years focusing on U.S. international Cold War geopolitics – an interest seeded by a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship in 2010.
In 2024, The Power Plant Toronto presented EMBASSY, a survey show of Gower’s work on cold war geopolitics, featuring over a decade of research into mid-century US diplomatic architecture using sculpture, video, and archival documents. Gower presented two related architectural interventions in 2023; at Philip Johnson’s Glass House (New Canaan, CT), and at Mies van der Rohe’s Barcelona Pavilion, both using installation and musical performance to examine the social and acoustical characteristics of each site.
Recent large-scale commissions include Project Etere, Bali; Six Formes, Geneva; SuperPuesto, and Noguchi Galaxy, New York; Workshop Pavilion, Léon, Spain; and Bicycle Pavilion, Mexico City. He has participated in the Gwangju, Porto Alegre, Curitiba, Chicago (Architecture), Canadian (National Gallery), and Havana Biennials.
His video works have screened internationally at venues including the Stedelijk Museum, Museo Nacional Reina Sofia, and film festivals across Europe, North America, and Asia.
Enemies and Rascals marks an important development in Gower’s practice: his first major commission in London, the first time Gower has used sources outside the twentieth century, and his first collaboration with a sound designer, audio director, and script developer.
