THIS IS A PAST EVENT
Saturday 12 March - Monday 2nd May 2011
VISITOR - Igloo
Djanogly Art Gallery
igloo is the collective title of London-based artist duo Ruth Gibson and Bruno Martelli whose installations, video works, online projects and performances have featured in international exhibitions and festivals including the 52nd Venice Biennale.
Inspired by the artists’ trip to the Canadian Rockies in 2009, VISITOR consists of two newly commissioned installations which continue their investigation into the relationship between the natural and the artificial, using game engine and motion capture technologies.
Where the bears are sleeping is a video presenting a series of snow-driven landscapes evoking the beauty and strangeness of the natural world. Immersed in an unsettling stillness disturbed only by the wind and falling
snow, the viewer slowly becomes aware of a solitary presence emerging from its surroundings, appearing and disappearing amongst the woods, frozen lakes and hillsides.
Vermilion Lake, the second component of the exhibition, is a full-sized rustic wooden cabin. Once inside this sculptural installation the viewer is taken on an interactive adventure, navigating mountain scenery through the artists’ unique rendering of a three-dimensional environment.
This new exhibition plays with our apprehension of different forms of reality by bringing the exterior virtual space into the interior physical space of the gallery.
ARTISTS’ TALK
WEDNESDAY 16 MARCH 6-7PM
DJANOGLY ART GALLERY
ADMISSION FREE
Ruth Gibson and Bruno Martelli introduce the two installations which make up VISITOR within the broader context of their art practice and previous projects.
This talk is free but space is limited so please book in advance by calling the Box Office on 0115 846 7777. If after booking you are unable to attend please let us know so that we can offer the place to someone else.
VISITOR is a touring exhibition produced in association with artsdepot. Commissioned by the Henry Moore Foundation and Arts Council England supported by The Banff Centre, Canada.
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