TITLE : Atrocious Embrace
DATE : 1997
installation with automation
MATERIAL : selected objects, wood, steel, Duraclear, halogen lamp, controller MIDI, computer.
DIMENSIONS : object : 2 x (1,7 X 2,1 X 0,5 m)
wall projection : about 8 X 3 m
PHOTO : Diane Landry
CAMERA VIDEO : Martin LeBlanc EDITION VIDEO : Diane Landry
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- Centre d'exposition du Vieux-Palais, St-Jérôme (Quebec)
- Centre d'exposition d'Amos, Amos (Quebec)
- Centre d'Art Contemporain Passages, Troyes, France
- La Centrale/Powerhouse, Montreal (Quebec)
- Là Galerie, Trois-Rivières (Quebec)
- La chambre blanche, during Trois fois trois paysage, centre VU, Quebec city (Quebec)
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Two chairs/sculptures suggest both a rocking chair and a sleigh. They are the same size. Instead of a support where the person usually sits is a series of small photographs on a transparency. Each of these comes from a collection of photographs taken from inside windows, looking towards the outside. Moreover, each rocking chair has its own small motor that moves it independently. With a MIDI controller system, I can create a sequence enabling me to rock one chair at a time or both at the same time, or I can make movements overlap each other. I can do the same thing with the lighting system. A certain cadence, as well as times when it is turned off for moving the sculptures, is provided for according to each place presentation. The result is a structure in the form of a rocking chair-sleigh with photographs, which swings, so the giant photographic projection goes up and down from the floor to the wall, thus creating a king of projection seesaw. The effect of this movement is that at certain moments the image is focused, and then it is not, leaving only a colourful impression.