The show named “Studies in Decay” in Or gallery is made up
of 4 pieces of arts by 3 different Vancouver- based artists. All works are in
dark overtones, which use a more realism way to convey the realistic phenomenon
exists in contemporary experience and to call attention to the repeatedly disastrous
results. In addition, showed in a catastrophic explosion of cumulative damaging
energy, or an organic process, each piece demonstrates the look of decay should
be. Jordy Hamilton’s installation Freedom Machine (2011) consists of a series
of a large-scale video projection and five 4*6 inch color photographic prints. The
violent shooting sound and people’s shouting sound lead me to the end of the
gallery. There is a 10 minutes video projection transferred from cassette of
the same process that reveals the degraded image quality of the originals
showed there. It represents an event held at the artist’s family home near
Niagara, Ontario, in conjunction with the Welland County Motorcycle Club
barbecue and skeet shooting competition. At the beginning, people pour gas on
an old engine-running motorcycle and participants shoot it until it burst into
flames after engine failed. The overlapped sound of shooting and the bullet
hitting on the motorcycle demonstrate the way that people abreact the resentful
feeling to the society or other things. The 4 vintage printed photographic
prints are sequentially hung on the wall in the room next to the video. These
photos depict a motorcycle catching fire. However, the artist didn’t show
himself in the photos. This also depicts his implicit relation to the
activities he represents.
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