Lise-Hélène Larin Glissements de terrains
Vernissage: Thursday, October 8 at 6 pm
Exhibition: October 9 to 31, 2009
Artist’s Talk: Thursday, October 15 at 7 pm
Exhibition Press Release:
The McClure Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of works by Lise-Hélène Larin. Glissements de terrains features “simulated photos” of mathematical landscapes culled from the artist’s 3D animation archives. The artist arrived at this concept through the process of her experimentation. The virtual camera captures her “mise en scenes” which are revelatory of the programmes own manoeuverings; she further enhances these with intriguing textures. The work thus exploits mutations in the artistic process as well as the transformation of representation in a virtual world.
Glissements de terrains questions the figurative and narrative conventions of 3D cinema where simulation and the ideology of strict representation reign. Lise-Hélène Larin plays with our perception as it varies significantly according to whether her images are fixed or in flux and most especially when they are non-figurative. The exhibition includes 7 large-format “simulated photos”, 21 small still images taken from a single animation and an animation shown on a large flat TV screen. Finally, the exhibition also features an example of her new work involving “objets mathématiques”.
Lise-Hélène Larin lives and works in Montreal. She is currently completing a PhD at Université du Québec à Montréal and teaches painting and drawing at Concordia University and Dawson College. She has produced 3d animation films at the National Film Board of Canada and for Radio-Canada and received a grant for her research which questions 3D animation through abstraction. Her films have been shown in several countries including the United-States, Germany and Belgium.