awashawave, with an alliterative title
that slips by, examines (conceptually,
phenomenologically, politically) the
fruitful tensions between the still and
moving image. This group exhibition
presents figurative and literal interpretations
of inundation and the perceptual
tensions that result from being
one amongst the many.

Examining facets of the concept of
being flooded, awashawave presents
a selection of works that embodies
the shift from the single image to
the series, from a discernable point
to a dense mass: a washing machine
turned into a praxinoscope (Landry); an
audio work utilizing shortwave radio
signals (Snow); ceramic objects made
of white speaker wire that emit sounds
of washing (Kim); images produced by
a home-built scanner-camera that fuse
digital technology and 19th-century
photographic techniques (Koroshegyi);
audio tracks converted into dense black
and white “sonic” images (Wood); a
video projection of someone doing the
“wave” in an empty stadium (Hirsch);
and a series of abject self-portraits
rendered in wax (Fortier). By engaging
in seemingly anachronistic investigations,
these artists offer fresh contemporary
perspectives on the significance
of image production, perception and
reception

Curated by Christof Migone