Modyrn Timez
modyrn timez
Collaboration with WYRDOS (Sarah Smalik, Sara Tilley, Jamie Tognazzini)
Situated in a former recording studio at a defunct radio station, this performative installation obscures prison cell with zoo enclosure, conservation and condemnation, for the last living members of the endangered species, Charlieus Chaplinus. Prompted by a dated newspaper clipping found on-site detailing Chaplin’s final silent film, Modern Times (1936), the interactive work addresses a voyeurism of political/economic strife across a glitched time/space continuum.
Presented in conjunction with Wreck City, a curatorial collective that focuses on site-specific experimental art exhibitions in alternative spaces. We would like to acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
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Modyrn Timez (Happy in his comfortable cell.), installation view, 2018 (photo: Keith Carlsen)
Modyrn Timez (texts for projection), 50 printed transparencies, 8.5” x 5.5” (each) 2018 (photo: Diane + Mike Photography)
Modyrn Timez (“Let’s rehearse your song.”), performance, installation, 2018 (photo: Diane + Mike Photography)
