Credits
- Funding:
Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec - Presentation Partners:
The Spiritualist Science Fellowship
- Display Cult: Spiritualist Consultation
Bradley Todd: Video Documentation
- 2004-2005
Synopsis
Spiritualist Embrace investigates early crossover experiments in Spiritualism, manipulated photography, performative disembodiment and electricity. “Spiritualist Embrace” seeks to converge these beliefs/histories and to apply them within a series of staged events which re-cast present day anxieties around ‘presence’, technology, after life, and the ghost in the machine. The premise of the photographs and video is that all artists have spiritualist mentors [I.e. the past, artists, history etc influence us.] guiding them.
Spiritualist Embrace investigates early crossover experiments in Spiritualism, manipulated photography, performative disembodiment and electricity. “Spiritualist Embrace” seeks to converge these beliefs/histories and to apply them within a series of staged events which re-cast present day anxieties around ‘presence’, technology, after life, and the ghost in the machine. The premise of the photographs and video is that all artists have spiritualist mentors [I.e. the past, artists, history etc influence us.] guiding them.
Materials
Photographs: 10 colour digital prints printed on Epson Stylus Pro 10,000 archival ink on 100% cotton 27mil, 424 g/m2 paper, 20 x15 inches. Video: 6 minute colour video, DVD format.
Techniques
The series of digital photographs feature portraits of artists taken at the Spiritual Science Fellowship in Montréal. Photographed participants, mostly artists and individuals working in creative fields, were asked to bring and image or object which ‘guides’ them. The video component features a séance conducted by Dr. Marilyn Rosner, a spirit guide, featuring participants dressed in vintage costumes chanelling their unique spirit guides.
Photographs: 10 colour digital prints printed on Epson Stylus Pro 10,000 archival ink on 100% cotton 27mil, 424 g/m2 paper, 20 x15 inches. Video: 6 minute colour video, DVD format.
Techniques
The series of digital photographs feature portraits of artists taken at the Spiritual Science Fellowship in Montréal. Photographed participants, mostly artists and individuals working in creative fields, were asked to bring and image or object which ‘guides’ them. The video component features a séance conducted by Dr. Marilyn Rosner, a spirit guide, featuring participants dressed in vintage costumes chanelling their unique spirit guides.
VIDEO
PHOTOGRAPHS
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Spiritualist Embrace: ToddSpiritualist Embrace: TaienSpiritualist Embrace: Paul and KarenSpiritualist Embrace: MichelleSpiritualist Embrace: MichaelSpiritualist Embrace: KellySpiritualist Embrace: JohnSpiritualist Embrace: Jim and JenniferSpiritualist Embrace: JimSpiritualist Embrace: Gabriel and JhaveSpiritualist Embrace: JenniferSpiritualist Embrace: FranceSpiritualist Embrace: EstherSpiritualist Embrace: AndrewSpiritualist Embrace: André
PRESENTATIONS
- Klein Art Works, Chicago, ILL [2004]
CATALOGUES