a
standard life
Gallery Art Mûr, Montréal, Quebec,
2003
wherever
you go there you are (dorothy) & wherever you go
there you are (downlo),
are custom-designed light boxes illuminating a colour digital print printed
on duratrans paper. Each light box is fabricated from brushed aluminum
and backlit by fluorescent bulbs.
bobbing
target is a looped clip, approximately 6 minutes, digitally projected
from above onto a large back wall for screening. This installation is
designed to be experienced in a rather large, dark and ominous space in
order to capture the aesthetic sensibilities of the video and its viewer
implication. There are also empty bullet cartridges scattered over the
floor from one end to the other and there are two audio speakers installed
above to amplify the sound track
This footage was captured in a shooting gallery in Florida, USA and emphasizes
the sculptural elements of this environment and visually produces some
interesting textural abstraction within this subliminal, pictorial cavity.
The sound track is mostly audio footage recorded within the shooting gallery
of handguns going off and also the background noise of the bobbing target
traveling back and forth manually along a long wire conveyor. This footage
has also been manipulated and the sound slowed down in order to stress
the physical impact of the bullets going off and the delayed reaction
of the sound to the viewer’s sensory system
size matters is literally defined by its manly title. This two minute looped clip is set into motion by Greg D. in a shooting gallery in Florida, USA where he explains the impact and velocity or the powerful difference between four bullet cartridges by building a sculpture from them. This video was displayed on a mini-dvd player placed on a pedestal at eye-level as part of the trilogy, “a standard life” which included the video installation, “bobbing target” and the video documentary, “a standard life” in which Greg D’s identity is ultimately revealed.
a
standard life is an approximately 32 minute video documentary
on Greg D. who carries around (2) handguns on a regular basis in his rucksack.
Viewed on a large monitor in a small viewing area with two chairs connected
to a DVD player and looped on DVD.
