Fresh
[nggallery id=14] 2000 nylon, steel, fans (length, each: 102-285 in / 260-750 cm ) Nine fabric tubes are connected to an air duct system so that they gently channel fresh air from outside the building into the "recycled" air of the gallery. Evidence, Galerie Plein sud, Longueuil, Québec (2000); curator: Hélène Poirier Blanc divers, Galerie Art Mûr, Montréal, Québec (2001)
Words take on a life of their own
https://vimeo.com/416425398 2000 Video projection: 9 minutes, looped; projected on suspended fabric 77.5 X 120 cm The videotaped image of the breath of two people talking on a cold evening is projected onto fabric suspended intimately at the same height and scale as those watching it. Evidence, Plein Sud, Montréal, Québec, Canada (2000) Breathing Room, Dunlop Gallery, Regina (2001) Learning to Live on the ground, Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain, Montréal, Québec, Canada (2008) video production: Paul Litherland (camera and lighting); Yudi Sewraj (editing)
nostalgia
[nggallery id=12] 1999 Drycleaner bags, steel wire, fishing line, motorized pulley (dimensions vary) Polyethylene sacks are attached to wire forms and suspended from the ceiling. Each is connected to a motorized pulley which yanks them rhythmically so that they jolt up, filling with air, then slowly deflate as they descend. Between Body and Soul, Leonard and Bina Ellen Gallery, Montréal (1998); curators David Liss and Karen Antaki Space, Axe-NÉO-7, Hull, Quebec (1999)
Unititled (le mur qui respire/breathing wall)
[nggallery id=9] 1997 cast rubber latex, acrylic; fans, timer: 118 x 177 x 6 in /300 X 450 X 15 cm (remade 2010 in silicone) A membrane of cast rubber latex swells almost imperceptibly in and out, in a mechanical semblance of breathing. It mimics the surface of a wall with gyproc removed, its surface more like skin than paint. It is backlit in a softly lit room, giving it a film-like presence. The sound of the fans inflating and deflating is at first calming, but its robotic persistence eventually becomes menacing. Le mur qui respire, La Chambre blanche, Québec [...]