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A Video Document of a Collaborative Project by Patrick Mahon, Dickson Bou, Jamie Dronyk, Sharmistha Kar, Peter Lebel, Thomas Mahon, Valerie Mills Milde, & Quinn Smallboy.
This presentation is part of “YouandIareWaterAirEarthFireofLifeandDeath”
Dec. 12, 2024 – 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. ArtLab Gallery Western University (Canada) and Livestreamed.
Shipwrecks figure in our cultural and ‘aqueous’ imaginaries for myriad reasons. Arguably, the notion of voyages gone awry takes on increased significance in our time when climate disasters and their affects, and the deleterious results of colonialism (which has relied so significantly on shipping) are everyday realities. Yet shipwrecks are also suggestive of other narratives, reminders that, historically, transformation has often arisen alongside tragedy and disaster, whether true or metaphorical.
Shiprwreckiana is a document of a multi-medium project spanning a 38 minute section of the 12 hour event on Dec. 12, 2024, comprised of a combination recorded video and sound, and real time interventions deploying sculptural materials, lighting, spoken word, and foley sound. Patrick Mahon and collaborators, Bou, Kar, Lebel, Mahon, Mills Milde and Smallboy, some of whom have worked with him on projects before (i.e., GardenShip and State, 2021-24), present an allusive event where references to water and shipwrecks forge abstracted spaces marked by trouble, beauty and difference.
The support of The Thames Art Gallery, Chatham; The Ontario Arts Council; ArtLab (Visual Arts, Western University); and Presenter/Curator, Christof Migone, is gratefully acknowledged.
A Video Document of a Collaborative Project by Patrick Mahon, Dickson Bou, Jamie Dronyk, Sharmistha Kar, Peter Lebel, Thomas Mahon, Valerie Mills Milde, & Quinn Smallboy.
This presentation is part of “YouandIareWaterAirEarthFireofLifeandDeath”
Dec. 12, 2024 – 6:00 – 7:00 p.m. ArtLab Gallery Western University (Canada) and Livestreamed.
Shipwrecks figure in our cultural and ‘aqueous’ imaginaries for myriad reasons. Arguably, the notion of voyages gone awry takes on increased significance in our time when climate disasters and their affects, and the deleterious results of colonialism (which has relied so significantly on shipping) are everyday realities. Yet shipwrecks are also suggestive of other narratives, reminders that, historically, transformation has often arisen alongside tragedy and disaster, whether true or metaphorical.
Shiprwreckiana is a document of a multi-medium project spanning a 38 minute section of the 12 hour event on Dec. 12, 2024, comprised of a combination recorded video and sound, and real time interventions deploying sculptural materials, lighting, spoken word, and foley sound. Patrick Mahon and collaborators, Bou, Kar, Lebel, Mahon, Mills Milde and Smallboy, some of whom have worked with him on projects before (i.e., GardenShip and State, 2021-24), present an allusive event where references to water and shipwrecks forge abstracted spaces marked by trouble, beauty and difference.
The support of The Thames Art Gallery, Chatham; The Ontario Arts Council; ArtLab (Visual Arts, Western University); and Presenter/Curator, Christof Migone, is gratefully acknowledged.
