The Mechanics of the Medium
Exploring the process by which moving images are made and projected, these works reveal the inherent tangibility of the medium and explore the physical properties of time-based media.  Slow down the projector, remove the take-up reel, make a replica of the film with yarn, quilt the strips of celluloid together—the illusion of the moving image is always on the brink of exposing it's inner workings, and these seven artists each dismantle this illusion in various ways. Film-based media—with all its sprockets, celluloid, and moving shutters—is a natural for these sorts of investigations, but even in video, as Angélica Chio's work demonstrates, the process of making is easily unraveled.

 

Aufzeichnen / Recording Artist Angélica Chio (2005, Germany, Mexico) Aufzeichnen (Recording) incorporates both video and drawings to playfully reflect the pieces own making. On a monitor are headshots of 27 people for 2 minutes each drawing the camera that is recordi... more... Installation Crochet Film Artist Sabrina Gschwandtner (2005, USA) Originally conceived of as a site-specific installation for SculptureCenter, a museum in Long Island City, NY, Crochet Film was designed for their 40-foot long lower-level gallery. Gschwandtner shot... more... Installation Aeroscope, Tyrachescaope, Autoscope Artist Joe Kelly (2006, Canada) 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... more... Installation Light Spill Artist Sandra Gibson / Luis Recoder (2006, USA) In Gibson and Recoder's Light Spill, the artists use the base materials of cinema—a projector and celluloid—to examine light, space, and time. Seated in a gallery, a 16mm projector and a screen are ... more... Installation c: won eyed jail Artist Kelly Egan (2005, Canada) C: won eyed jail explores experimental narrative and structural form through the use of traditional "women's work." Narratives are told through the symbolic patterning in quiltmaking practices. Akin... more... Installation Filmscrolls Artist Michael Grodner (2006, USA) Joel Schlemowitz's Filmscrolls are a series of non-projected films mounted on rewinds, designed for hands-on use by visitors to the gallery. In addition to viewing the film, some of the Filmscrolls ... more... Installation The Cooked Book Artist Dean Baldwin (2007, Canada) In this new work produced for the Harbourfront Centre in collaboration with the Images Festival, Toronto Artist Dean Baldwin presents an asynchronous 8 channel video installation.  Within the w... more... Installation Back