Antimatter 2008

Media Installations

September 19 to 27, 2008

in the main Deluge gallery (through October 18)

Uncharted Histories: Pirates

Christina Battle | 2008

Through film, video and collage, Uncharted Histories: Pirates investigates the changing political status of pirates by considering the roles they played in the power struggle among monarchs of the sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries. Generally defined by their attacks and thievery indiscriminate of nationality, many pirates contributed considerably to the development, growth and success of struggling nations. As countries battled to gain power, a number of pirates facilitated the expansion and colonialization of new lands through the exploration and mapping of uncharted territories. Positioning the pirate as explorer, the work also imagines encounters faced on the shores of undiscovered islands. Pirates noted in the historical record are placed within dark and curious scenarios as they fight off surprise attacks from the unfamiliar surroundings.

With a BSc in Environmental Biology from the University of Alberta and an MFA from the San Francisco Art Institute, Christina Battle currently lives and works in Toronto, Canada. Her artworks have been supported by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of Toronto (LIFT), the National Film Board of Canada, The Ontario Arts Council and the Toronto Arts Council, and have screened internationally in festivals and galleries including The Images Festival (Toronto), The London Film Festival (London, England); The International Film Festival Rotterdam (The Netherlands); YYZ Artists’ Outlet (Toronto); White Box (New York); The Foreman Art Gallery at Bishops University (Sherbrooke, QB); The city of Toronto’s Nuit Blanche 2006 and in the 2006 Whitney Biennial: Day for Night (New York).

in the Deluge entrance foyer

murmur

Peter Byrne, Carole Woodlock, Michaela Eremiasova | 2008

Merging live action footage with hand-drawn and CGI animation sequences, murmur is a visually and sonically dense consideration of memory and landscape; a collaboration between artists Peter Byrne, Carole Woodcock and composer Michaela Eremiasova.

at the Ministry of Casual Living

100% Mexicano: New Animation from Mexico

Marco Casado | Ieve González | Jorge Hauss | Pablo Cotama | Alejandra Alarcón | Pedro Jiménez

Bruno Varela | Elena Pardo | Daniela Paasch | Arturo Gil Olvera | Juan Carlos de la Parra

Curated by Jose Luis Campos Guizar

Originating from the febrile terrain of la frontera of Baja California and reaching deep into the heart of Mexico (and beyond), a new wave of award-winning hybrid animation from a new generation of young creators promises sonic and ocular overload and 100% satisfacción.