Monique Levesque/Collapsing Opposites/ Whose Museum/ European Tour 2010

@ Wild West Active Space, Maastricht, Limberg, Netherlands

Nicholas Matranga w/ Apollo Ghosts, Little Mountain Gallery, Vancouver, B.C.

photo by steve louie

Summer 2009 - Object for Passive Light Show (Peripheral Performance 2)

We have an article in Front Magazine about the new installation by Emiliano.

Here's some information from Emiliano himself:

"The first variation of Object For A Passive Light Show was one that arose from the process of collecting the light around the performance space of various Collapsing Opposites shows by constantly walking around the performance space. All of this light was something that I used to make an experiential map of the different performances and the walks themselves became a peripheral performance to the one happening onstage.

The maps however took the form of monochromes where all the information gathered emerged simultaneously in a way that made the information impossible to read, and the experience of the various performances becomes impossible to transmit via the photographic prints.

Instead these prints appeared on the drum head in the form of unprocessed photo-paper that was still sensitive to light, surrounded by lenticular plastic which reflected and refracted the light around it onto the paper. The whole structure was intended to change as it absorbed more and more light during the various performances. The force of the kick drum however was such that it changed the piece incredibly drastically.

For the second iteration of this project, titled, Object For a Passive Light Show (Peripheral Performance 2), another reflective/refractive structure was constructed around the same unprocessed photo paper. This second version was again intended to react to the light around the band during their performance but also perform itself with the constant vibrations of the kick drum. These side performances would then compete with that of Collapsing Opposites but in a way that would go by generally unnoticed."

Emiliano Sepulveda & Dwight Koss: March 2009

w/ Collapsing Opposites and Bob Wiseman @ the Western Front - March 29, 2009

Thanks to Emiliano Sepulveda for contributing his spectacular photo-lenticular structure Object for Passive Light Show and to Dwight Koss for his hand-crafted kinetic cymbal statue, Dancer.

Emiliano's piece is the result of his having attended Collapsing Opposites shows as the "official band photographer," for period of several months. For this project he captured light on film at various shows while walking within audible distance of the band playing. Object for Passive Light Show consists of these photographs in a prolonged state of development. The process is encapsulated by geometric forms made using lenticulars which distort and refract the surrounding light into uncontainable prisms and abstractions. During the sound check the object burst into pieces due to the force of the kick drum being played. Emiliano was pleased that it blew up, commenting that it added another dimension to the transmogrification inherent to the work.

"Time is the ultimate destroyer of everything.
If you give it time, it will kill you too." - Time=Zero / Collapsing Opposites

In keeping with the theme of destruction Dwight's Dancer graced the stage eloquently for the duration of the set, providing the moves to make a seated audience jealous. She danced throughout the night, only to arrive home with a broken leg and detached arm. But that's nothing that can't be fixed. The show was a great success.

Who Wants to Draw on the Drum?

Molly Does!



Low Decibel Festival @ the Shed - January 31, 2009

For this show we invited anyone in the audience to draw on the drum. Most people were too shy, except for Molly Matusicky, she ran up and started drawing straight away!

Bio:
My name is Molly Matusicky, I am in grade three and I love drawing. I love animals - especially cats and dogs. I love camping at Blue Lake. I like to watch movies. My two favorite friends are Chiara and Bijou, they are both very funny. I like to draw odd things like dogs with beaks and girls hanging on to a helium balloons floating away. I love to play videos games.

Melissa Cartwright, Rebecca LaMarre, Avery Nabata - September - December 2008

First ever group show and it will be traveling across Canada!
For dates see www.collapsingopposites.com

Melissa Cartwright is an artist, shoe designer and burlesque producer. She studied textiles at NSCAD University and shoe construction at F.I.T. in New York City. Melissa creates wearable art using hand embroidery, ribbons & ruffles, polka dots & snaps. She is currently employed as a designer for John Fluevog Shoes in Vancouver, B.C.

www.melissacartwright.com/

Rebecca LaMarre is a recent graduate of the Emily Carr University of Art & Design. She is interested in text and it's ability to make maximum impact with only modest output. She encourages audience participation and likes to think her practice exists somewhere in the blurry boundary between cultural inquiry and art.


www.rlamarre.wordpress.com

Avery Nabata grew up in Vancouver, B.C. and was born during Expo '86. Her art practice focuses primarily on sculpture and installation, investigating areas pertaining to space and time. She paints houses for a living and is currently a student at the Emily Carr University of Art & Design.

www.sites.google.com/site/forevereverh/

Sean Maxey: July-September 2008

Prawn is the Ultimate Aphrodisiac - Sean Maxey

July 19, 2008 - Corner Tandoori w/ Collapsing Opposites, Adrian Teacher, Elton Bong, JPMP, Candles

August 7, 2008 - Hoko's Sushi Bar w/ Collapsing Opposites, The Phrenologists & Kill the Buddha

September 20, 2008 - The Railway Club - Collapsing Opposites/ Bible Belts 7 inch Release Party w/ Greenbelt Collective


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