The Deceleration Chamber
July 12 - August 16, 2008
Opening Friday July 11, 8pm
Artist Talk, July 12, 12pm
The Deceleration Chamber is concerned with two entangled ideas: the elasticity of time— especially slow time—and how time is specifically experienced when one is away from familiar surroundings: on tour, traveling or on vacation. Encountering the unfamiliar, being lost or disorientated affects how time is perceived, how data is recorded and recollected, and how all of us choose the mode by which we measure, mark or experience the passage of time.
Artists Scott Amos, Frédérick Belzile, Scott Conarroe, Nathalie Daoust, and Daniel Tom explore differential time scales and refer to time not only as interval or measurement, but also as an active element in the construction of art. The Deceleration Chamber offers compelling time studies that directly and indirectly play off the habits, schedules and the erratic timetables of permanent and transitory populations.
Scott Conarroe (Chicago) http://www.scottconarroe.com/
Frédérick Belzile (Montreal) http://frederickbelzile.net/
Nathalie Daoust (Montreal) http://www.daoustnathalie.com/
Daniel Tom (Vancouver) http://www.dstcreativity.ca/
Scott Amos (Victoria) http://www.oilyfilms.com/
Funding for The Deceleration Chamber is gratefully acknowledged: The Canada Council for the Arts, The BC Arts Council, and the CRD and in kind assistance of the Victoria International Film Festival.