VISITOR, 'Vermilion Lake' 2011 installation: mixed media, computer game environment, 5.1 channel sound
Inspired by the artists' travels to the snow-driven mountains of the Canadian Rockies VISITOR was developed following research at The Banff Arts Centre.
Full Description
Inspired by the artists' travels to the snow-driven mountains of the Canadian Rockies VISITOR was developed following research at The Banff Arts Centre. Vermilion Lake comprises a full-scale replica of a trappers cabin housing an interactive virtual environment. A companion moving image piece, where the bears are sleeping, depicts monochromatic imagery of glaciers, forests and frozen lakes. In both works, either a friendly or malevolent force is suggested, evoking the hunter being hunted, the tracker being tracked. Employing techniques used in video games, bringing exterior virtual space into the physical gallery space the exhibition plays with our apprehension of different forms of reality.
'...half-hallucinatory spectacle' - The Guardian
Work metadata
- Year Created: 2011
- Submitted to ArtBase: Friday Feb 4th, 2011
- Original Url: http://gibsonmartelli.com/Visitor.html
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Work Credits:
- brunomartelli, primary creator
- Collective: Bruno Martelli/ Ruth Gibson
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Artist Statement
'The worlds they create are total simulacrums: there is no separation between the invented & the real, the site & the represented, the local & the imagined. It is a territory that is cohesive & singular in language, yet simultaneously is forever folding in on itself. Their work engages the particular of the site while undermining its place, the original & point of departure become one in a conceptual unravelling.' Richard Ducker - Curator, Fieldgate Gallery 2010
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