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Pillow
Scenes (1996- 2001)
OVERVIEW/ DESCRIPTION Of EXHIBITION:
- installation consists of a series of sleep portraits of imaginary
characters in imaginary scenes
- each photograph 20" x 24" (before frames)
- a soundtrack for each character has been created containing a combination of ambient
sound, music fragments, bits of text, etc.
- during presentation speaker-lined pillows are scattered around the exhibition
space, each linked to a different photograph; to listen, the viewer mimics
the position of sleep by laying their head on each pillow thus hearing the
sound-narrative of the corresponding character
ABOUT:
- experimental, psychological narratives based loosely around portraits of imaginary
characters
- male or female characters presented in different
bedroom scenes of a sometimes gentle / sometimes brutal nature
- each photographed character receives a looping soundtrack played off a
pillow which in some way connects to the imagery within their narrative; the
sound loop can be seen as a 'moment' or as a narrative symbol for constructing
meaning (sometimes the loop will consist of ambient sound, sometimes it will
be partly musical, sometimes it will consist of a text bite — like a line
from a script — or full conversation)
- a way of stepping past the still photo / subverting the idea
of a photograph as representative of a serene, captured 'moment'
- the viewer is an essential part of this work
READ:
• 'Mad Science', a short
essay by Ivan Jurakic (from the 'Pillow Scenes 1-2-3' brochure
published by Hamilton Artist Inc [ISBN 0-9698141-8-6] )
• 'Soundscapes for Dumb
Submission', a long essay by Lorenzo Buj (June 2000)
• 'Dead
Asleep', an article by Dale L. Sproule (Rue Morgue magazine,
October 2000)
• a review of
this exhibition by Victoria Miecznikowski (ID Magazine)
• various reviews
of the Pillow Scenes CD/catalogue
Title Pillow Scenes: sound sampler (collage of 5 scenes excerpted)
Size 1 MB
Length 1m06s
Direct MP3 download
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images: (L) installation view from 'Pillow Scenes Six: Labyrinth' @ Thames Art Gallery, 2000; (M+R) installation views @ Struts Gallery, 1997
image: Laliberte with guest at Latitude
53 (Edmonton) opening reception, 1999
