art Exhibition in toronto 2009
The Gao Brothers . Osheen Harruthoonyan . Anne Arden McDonald . Elaine Stocki
Exhibition curated by Mia Nielsen; Public Installation curated by Catherine Dean
April 30 - June 27, 2009
A Featured Exhibition in the Contact Photography Festival.
Photographs by their very nature alter our perception of time. Snatched from the narrative of our daily lives, the photographic moment allows a viewer to step outside themselves, pause and contemplate an image in their own time. This exhibition considers the push and pull of time within the context of photography by examining a variety of photographic practices.
Elaine Stocki's portraits capture a fraction of a second, from a sitting that stretched for hours. Brooklyn-based artist Anne Arden McDonald augments her photochemistry with household solutions such as bleach, aspirin and lemon juice to create contact prints that appear more painterly than photographic. Digital tools enable the Gao Brothers from China to seemingly stretch time in their monumental piece The Forever Unfinished Building. While Osheen Harruthoonyan’s installation turns the camera obscura inside out, bringing the camera to life in the Drake’s front entrance.
This sensation is continued on the front of the building with a dynamic slide projection of archival photographs that will flow like a stream of consciousness every night in May. Curator Catherine Dean's installation, entitled Everyday Nameless Spectacle, takes the theme of time one step further, inspired from the iconic 1962 French film La Jeteé. This cine-roman film was shot as a series of stills and considers a post-apocalyptic future, time travel and the rise and fall of civilizations.
This exhibition was made possible with the gracious collaboration of IFA Gallery, Shanghai; National Gallery of Canada; the Glenbow Museum and the National Archives of the United States.
http://www.thedrakehotel.ca/culture/art
http://torontoist.com/2009/04/the_long_lens_on_contact.php
Exhibition curated by Mia Nielsen; Public Installation curated by Catherine Dean
April 30 - June 27, 2009
A Featured Exhibition in the Contact Photography Festival.
Photographs by their very nature alter our perception of time. Snatched from the narrative of our daily lives, the photographic moment allows a viewer to step outside themselves, pause and contemplate an image in their own time. This exhibition considers the push and pull of time within the context of photography by examining a variety of photographic practices.
Elaine Stocki's portraits capture a fraction of a second, from a sitting that stretched for hours. Brooklyn-based artist Anne Arden McDonald augments her photochemistry with household solutions such as bleach, aspirin and lemon juice to create contact prints that appear more painterly than photographic. Digital tools enable the Gao Brothers from China to seemingly stretch time in their monumental piece The Forever Unfinished Building. While Osheen Harruthoonyan’s installation turns the camera obscura inside out, bringing the camera to life in the Drake’s front entrance.
This sensation is continued on the front of the building with a dynamic slide projection of archival photographs that will flow like a stream of consciousness every night in May. Curator Catherine Dean's installation, entitled Everyday Nameless Spectacle, takes the theme of time one step further, inspired from the iconic 1962 French film La Jeteé. This cine-roman film was shot as a series of stills and considers a post-apocalyptic future, time travel and the rise and fall of civilizations.
This exhibition was made possible with the gracious collaboration of IFA Gallery, Shanghai; National Gallery of Canada; the Glenbow Museum and the National Archives of the United States.
http://www.thedrakehotel.ca/culture/art
http://torontoist.com/2009/04/the_long_lens_on_contact.php
