September 16 – October 24, 2004
JACK GOLDSTEIN
Under Water Sea Fantasy



still from "Under Water Sea Fantasy", 1983/2003 16 mm, color, sound, 6'30''
Courtesy of Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Cologne and the Jack Goldstein Estate

Jack Goldstein, an important figure in contemporary art since the late 1970s, produced a diverse body of work including performances, films, vinyl records, sound works, painting and photography. Under Water Sea Fantasy, begun in 1983, was finished shortly before his death in 2003. In this short film the artist brings to bear an acute understanding of the perception of spectacle and sound image interaction. Footage of natural phenomenon - underwater life, volcanic eruptions, a lunar eclipse – is montaged into a compelling spectacle in a flow of appearing and disappearing energies. Born in Montreal, Jack Goldstein’s lived in the U.S and was part of the Cal Arts mafia. Over the years he exhibited widely and most recently had solo exhibitions at the Kunstlerhaus Stuttgart and the Whitney Museum.

September 16 – October 24, 2004
JEREMY SHAW
DMT



detail from DMT, 2004 8-monitor video installation

 

Vancouver artist Jeremy Shaw (aka March 21) interprets the youth subcultures – rave, skateboard and hiphop/grafitti – that he participates in. His new video installation, DMT , is an intense octagonal space that highlights the disjunctions of social communication. While watching the subjects high on the hallucinogenic drug, DMT, and reading their attempts to describe the out of body experience, we become both seduced and repelled by these hyper-real portraits. A recent graduate of Emily Carr College of Art and Design, Jeremy Shaw (aka March 21) exhibitions include The Theme for Tonight ( Tracey Lawrence Gallery, Vancouver), Video Heroes (Saidye Bronfman Centre for the Arts, Montreal and Cambridge Galleries) and I am a Curator (Chisenhale Gallery, London). He is also an electonic musician and has an extensive discography.

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