Time Inside the Image 0

Christina Battle, Larissa Fan, Gregory King, Kristiina Lahde, Renée Lear
The Foreman Art Gallery of Bishop's University (Sherbrooke, Quebec)
January 31 - March 31, 2007

The exhibition Time Inside the Image 0 is the last of a series that has paid tribute to the way contemporary artists observe the passage of time. This year, the series' curator Vicky Chainey Gagnon presents the work of five emerging Canadian and international artists whose work collectively speaks to the changing landscapes and experiences of urban life. Through site-specific installations and video and film installations, artists Christina Battle, Larissa Fan, Gregory King, Kristiina Lahde and Renée Lear make us see urban spaces with fresh eyes.

In Christina Battle's dual projection film installation paradise falls, new mexico presents images of frontier ghost towns and Hollywood Westerns and challenges the mythic and timeless concept of the "Wild West" through images of pristine, open landscapes and formal experimentation.

Shot on a single roll of 8mm film, coming + going by Larissa Fan presents a portrait of the energy of urban life on a split screen. Backed with a lively soundtrack, the four simultaneous points in each frame of the film conjure the energy of the urban experience while also being a study of shapes and objects.

Gregory King's two works Glasgow x,y,z and Manhattan Canyon are portraits of city life. King's style of formal experimentation is unique. For example, in Manhattan Canyon, King strapped a camera to his body and traveled north and south up Manhattan, shooting images of the landscape at every city block.

Kristiina Lahde's two-dimensional collage works are made of zeros she cuts up from advertising magazines and address notions of consumer culture and excess. She presents four collage works in the gallery space and a new version of the Zero series installed directly on the Foreman Art Gallery doors.

Renée Lear's site-specific video installation Window Gazing project was developed in a residency at the Foreman Art Gallery in 2006. Using the large bay window of Bandeen Hall at Bishop's University as a projection surface, Lear's installation reframes our experience of the large public square at the center of the university. Window Gazing will be projected certain evenings of the week during the exhibition. See www.ubishops.ca/artgallery.htm for the schedule.

Join us at the opening reception on Wednesday, January 31, 2007 from 5:00 to 7:00 pm. Artist Renée Lear will present a special live video-mixing performance at 6:00 pm.

To complement Time Inside the Image 0, the Foreman Art Gallery's Ciné-Club Series is proud to present TRACKS + GESTURES, a series of short films and videos from Quebec and Canada curated by Brett Kashmere.

Join us for this special screening on Thursday February 1 at 9:00 pm at Sherbrooke's newest music and art venue, LE TÉLÉPHONE ROUGE, 38 Wellington South.

RIVER LIKE AMBER (2005, 11:30)
Mitchell Akiyama

FABREFACTVS IN INFERNO
(EXCERPT FROM TER) (2006, 1:00)
Ryan Diduck

MOTION OF LIGHT (2004, 8:00)
Karl Lemieux

A SHORT ANIMATED TRAILER
(EXCERPT FROM TER) (2006, 1:00)
Ryan Diduck

BREATH (2003, 3:00)
Kelly Egan

THE PAPER WALL (2004, 11:00)
Nick & Sheila Pye

AFFIXED IN IMMORTALITY, IN WHICH OUR NAMES DO NOT APPEAR (2004, 2:30)
Brett Kashmere

THE NERVOUS LOOPS (2005, 5:00)
Julien Idrac

CHIASUMS (2003, 8:00)
Daichi Saito

DUMB ANGEL (2005, 9:00)
Deco Dawson

The Gallery is open Tuesday-Saturday, 12:00 noon to 5:00 pm
For more information contact:
Nora Webb, Curatorial Assistant
t. (819) 822-9600 ext. 2279
e. nwebb@ubishops.ca
w. www.ubishops.ca/artgallery.htm