by Paddy Johnson on January 12, 2016
Eva Papamargariti
One day of mourning David Bowie is not enough. His music and performances are too important to let him go. As such, I’ve downloaded as many GIFs as possible from the animated GIF show Lorna Mills curated for the Art Gallery of Ontario’s 2013 “David Bowie is” exhibition . The exhibition included over 15 artists from countries all around the world.(Rea McNamara discussed her GIFs for the show yesterday.) Some of the GIFs, now, look oddly prescient.
Sadly, we never reviewed the GIF show—it was up for one night only—but we did get to see the traveling exhibition. We weren’t happy with it.
“David Bowie is,” GIF Installation: Alex McLeod, Claudia Maté, Lorna Mills, Rea McNamara w/Isabella Brathwaite, Georges Jacotey, Dafna Ganani, Gaby Cepeda, Anthony Antonellis, Sarah Weis, Yoshi Sodeoka, Andrew Benson, Rodell Warner, Luc Hyo Myoung Kim, Mattie Hillock, Max Capacity, Eva Papamargariti, Sep 25 – Nov 27, Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada
Claudia Mate
Claudia Mate
Andrew Benson
Sarah Weis
Lorna Mills
Gaby Cepeda
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by Rea McNamara on October 30, 2015
Remember that scene in Poltergeist, when paranormal investigator Marty, standing in front of a bathroom mirror, starts to peel back the melting flesh off his face? And as you watch his fleshy bloody bits drop down in the sink, both repelled but also laughing because of the comical nature that is 1980s Hollywood special effects, you’re jarred by the quick cut back to Marty’s untouched face, signalling it was all just a horrible dream?
While this scene is a classic in the horror canon—the victim forced to stare into their mirrored representation, and witness a demonic, physiological transformation happen before their very eyes that’s beyond their control to stop—it’s also like that dream when all your teeth fall out. Al we are are just dust in the wind, dude.
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