I'm a little late to the posting party. Things got busy, but it's never too late to share!
Sometime back I went down to the
Eastern Bloc to check out
Data : Salon II, featuring the works of Alexandre Larose and Félix & Paul. The evening was an off-site presentation in conjunction with the "Looking through time" event organised by McGill University’s Moving Image Research Laboratory.
Félix&Paul presented two 3D works and judging by the image above, there is no way I can do it any justice without sticking a pair of 3D glasses on you! And yes, that is the head of a caribou. This is a still from the film "Kobe" that was shot in and around
Igloolik (yes, that is the arctic!) revolving around a young boy and his daily life. In case you're expecting the caribou head to come out and jump off the screen as we've come to know commercial 3D films, let me assure you that is not the case. In fact it is the inverse that takes place, the depth of space is what is most remarkable here, alas, I can only describe it to you!
Above,
“Aller/Retour” is Alexandre Larose's film installation/performance of one mega film loop that passes through each of the four 16mm projectors, displaying four images following each other through time and space. Larose moves back and forth between the projectors, maintaining the tension of the loop and compensating for the not perfectly sync 24fps vintage beasts.
Some seating, placed with a slight curve to reduce the parallel distortion of the projectors.
The projectors, some gobo stands and the giant loop! Projectors also placed on a slight curve to compensate for distortion.
Close-up of the loop at work. Rad!
I like GIFs, Larose at work
