Aeroscope, Tyrachoscope, and Autoscope are viewer activated pre-cinema devices/objects. These works are from a series of film installations where the presentation device is created and the film that it contains is dedicated solely to the device. The combination of the media and the object forms a unified idea. The technology is aware of the media and the media is a response to the device. The device is meant to display a craft of technology, which often references pre-cinema devices where the technologist had to first create an apparatus in order to explore their field of study. Kelly’s’ devices are updated and contemporized to contain more frames and information (resolution) and incorporates contemporary ideas about (digital) technology.-Joe Kelly

Joe Kelly is a media artist living and working in Calgary. Joe has made a number of films that have been screened and awarded internationally. He works primarily with film, and has completed and screened many film and video projects. He has also created film and video based installations that have been shown in galleries around Canada, from Halifax to Victoria, all over the United States, in Europe, and in Asia. Joe has also shown work at the Images Festival, Ann Arbor Film Festival, Black Maria Film Festival, PS1, Confederation Centre for the Arts, Neutral Ground, New Gallery, and Truck Gallery.


Year: 2006
Country of Origin: Canada
Medium: Installation

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