Exhibition

Members' Screening SHORTS!

PLATFORM centre’s annual members’ screening is back! This year’s screening features work form Nicole Desautels, Lesley Nakonechny, Mandy Espezel, Connie Chappel, Sarah Fuller, Ella Steele and Gwendolyn Collins & Genevieve Collins.

ONLINE SCREENING | 04 -20 DECEMBER, 2020

 

Nobility of Winnipeg/Noblesse de Winnipeg – Nicole Desautels – 2020 – 02:57 min

Eutrophication – Lesley Nakonechny – 2019 –  watercolour & digital manipulation – 00:06 sec
“In 2019, I had the opportunity to spend time out in the Experimental Lakes Area, a natural laboratory of 58 lakes set aside for scientific research. I was one of five artists invited to Northwestern Ontario to engage with scientific research and find inspiration for my own practice. One day, I shadowed two scientists to add phosphorus to a couple lakes – a process called  Eutrophication. When a body of water becomes enriched with nutrients, it induces growth of algae. This is the source of inspiration behind my animation.”

hidin’ – Mandy Espezel – 2018 – 03:06 min
This video-performance was created while in residence with Studio PRÁM, Prague, Czech Republic. A sight-specific work on paper is utilized as performance tool. Part of a series exploring the anxieties of artistic production and the necessity of touch.

Fleeting Breath – Connie Chappel – 2020 – 1:09 min
A forlorn elm tree reaches upward, struggling for a fleeting breath. An invasive attack by the burgeoning elm bark beetle has spread a destructive fungal disease within the tree vessels. The life of a majestic tree is shortened.

Experiment in Landscape No.2 – Sarah Fuller – 2012 – 3:03 min

“Hallelujah, I Love Him So” – Ella Steele – 2020 – 02:42 min

Emerson – Alexis L Grise – 2020 – 16mm film – 02:56 min

Tête-à-tête – Gwendolyn Collins & Genevieve Collins – 04:55 min
During a brawl on the banks of the Red River, two dapper gents go tête-à-tête and lose more than just their temper. A sobering and level-headed portrait of what life is like when ties are severed.