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Part of Scotiabank Nuit Blanche
October 2, 2010
Zone 3 - #19 | 7PM - 7AM
InterAccess: Electronic Media Arts Gallery
9 Ossington Avenue *MAP
"Have you ever looked at something and it's crazy, and then you looked at it in another way and it's not crazy at all?" - Roy Neary
CFC Media Lab presents the annual exhibition of work by residents of the TELUS Interactive Art & Entertainment Program. These interactive media projects run the gamut, from interactive sound pieces to iPhone-wearable gaming systems. From those which explore notions of first contact, to others which invite us to reimagine play. Regardless of technology platform or theme, each of these projects makes us look at things a different way. Shaving cream, pillows, mud – they can all become vehicles for our persistent visions.
Congratulations to all of our CFC Media Lab alumni:
- Dee Balkissoon - Toronto, Canada
- Camille Betts - Calgary, Canada
- Rose Bianchini - Toronto, Canada
- Dawn Buie - Toronto, Canada
- Cathy Chen - Toronto, Canada
- Kathleen Climie - Toronto, Canada
- Justin Ferrato - Burlington, Canada
- Liz Gallo - Long Island, USA
- Orla Garriques - Toronto, Canada
- David Goorevitch - Toronto, Canada
- Conor Holler - Vancouver, Canada
- David McCallum - Toronto, Canada
Projects involved in Close Encounters are (click on each image for more project information):
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DruMeBa |
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Created by: Conor Holler, Dee Balkissoon, Cathy Chen, and Orla Garriques
DruMeBa is a customizable drumming experience promoting collaboration among children with autism. |
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Unit N-O14 |
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Created by: Camille Betts and Justin Ferrato
A shipping container was found. Its contents remain unknown.
http://cfcmedialab.com/unitnO14 |
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Voicings |
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Created by: Dawn Buie, David Goorevitch, and Liz Gallo
Voicings: An aural composition for 6 loudspeakers in the North lobby of the MaRS Heritage Building.
http://fallenangel.dawnthots.ca |
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Neighbourhoodie |
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Created by: Rose Bianchini, David McCallum, and Kathleen Climie
Be your own video game. |
Also a part of the exhibition this year is I Should Be Dreaming of Butterflies, by CFC alumna, Sharon Switzer.
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In her latest body of work, video artist Sharon Switzer continues on the trajectory of pairing unlikely, poetic, and darkly humorous texts with evocative visuals. Known for text-based videos, Switzer, in this new work adds abstracted digital drawings, often referencing certain real-world objects or ideas. Some works denote quick thoughts, others are ultra-short stories.
The title, I Should Be Dreaming of Butterflies, refers to what she should be doing - dreaming of butterflies - instead of what she is doing - thinking about life in a more realistic, banal and sometimes negative way. Switzer, all the while, is maintaining a sense of humour. By referencing dreams, she draws attention to an otherworldly space where the work exists.
This series of animated digital video drawings is also an exploration into the possibilities of ‘creation' within a digital compositing program. They are not traditional drawing, video, animation – but something unique born from within this medium.
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