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Media Art | Dennis Tourbin Members Gallery | Free!

November 13, 2024 12:00 PM

Venue: Niagara Artists Centre

Address: 354 St. Paul Street, St. Catharines, MT L2R 3N2, Canada

Phone: 9056410331

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Short Films in This Series

Step into a world of introspection, nostalgia, and experimental storytelling as five distinct media artists showcase their latest works in an immersive exhibition that delves into memory, time, landscape, and human connection.

Killing Time

Canada
JFM
2024
7m

Killing Time’ is a short piece shot on high8 handycam camcorder and contains audio from field recordings made a train trestle bridge and an easy breezy flute jam captured on a Sunday morning. The concept of time is a fabricated one, it dictates so much of our decisions yet we have no control over it. Finding peace in the moments between the chaos is critical, to pause and be present.

Jesse Frank Matthews (JFM) has been making hand-made-mixed-media pop art for a lifetime now. Experimentation and collage is at the core of the work, no matter what the medium.

Conjuring Landscape

Canada
John Venditti
2023
10m

In the spring of 1948, Antonio Venditti was 6 years old. In order to receive paperwork related to his emigration to Canada, Antonio travelled with his family to Rome. This would be Antonio’s first time leaving his hometown of Castropignano, 225km east of the capital. This film imagines that journey.

John Venditti is a Doha, Qatar based artist and arts educator. Originally from St. Catharines, he has also lived and worked in the US, Korea, and Vietnam. Connecting his own experience living in varied socio-political and ecological environments, Venditti works in photography, installation and film to consider how concepts of nature and capital relate to the constructions and understandings of what we call landscape. He holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and has exhibited his work in the US, Canada, Cuba, the UAE, and Qatar. John is currently Artist in Residence at the Doha Fire Station, a programme of Qatar Museums.

Projected Love

Canada
Kiveli Madentzidis
2024
2m

In “Projected Love,” Madentzidis’ projects memories onto herself and invites the viewer into a shared journey of introspection. This blurs the lines between the observer and the observed, fostering a shared reflection on the meaning and value of memory, uncovering the beauty in the ordinary, and engaging viewers in a dialogue about the spaces between presence and absence, self and other, and the deeper connections in everyday life.

Kiveli is a Hamilton-based artist with a portfolio spanning multiple mediums; she explores the concept of change in both personal and global contexts. Currently focusing on photography, videography and installation works, her practice delves into the nuances of everyday life, aiming to capture its essence and provoke contemplation through appreciation for the life she gets to live.

Dream Hoarder

Canada
Jackson & Dickson
2024
23m

The profound human need to understand one another, form bonds, and create physical and emotional havens is at the core of Dream Hoarder. It delves into the essential elements of connection and sanctuary that shape our collective human experience. In an age where technology often isolates us, we strive to craft immersive environments that foster interaction and empathy. 

Andrew Dickson and Lynn Jackson combine their diverse artistic backgrounds to create video and sound installations that push the boundaries of traditional media. Using sculpture, field recordings, synthesizers, and film techniques, they craft immersive experiences that captivate their audiences.

Left to Pretend

Canada
Taylor Elliott
2023
1m

A short film that combines rotoscoping and video collage in order to explore themes of loneliness, artistry, and their relationship to one another. It emphasizes the power of fantasy as a coping mechanism, being able to escape to a more comforting inner world.

Taylor Elliott is an interdisciplinary artist who works in installation, video, audio, drawing, and painting. His work often deals with ideas of self-image, anxiety, childhood, and metamorphosis. He specializes in figurative abstraction with an emphasis on experimentation. Graduated in 2023 from Brock University with a Bachelors in Visual Arts.

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