Alex McLeod: PHANTASMAGORIA
Alex McLeod's imaginative digital landscapes will come alive at UrbanScreen.
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Surrey Art Gallery 13750 88 Ave, Surrey, British Columbia V3W 3L1
Alex McLeod, "PHANTASMAGORIA," 2018
projection at UrbanScreen. Photo by Brian Giebelhaus.
For UrbanScreen, Alex McLeod has developed a lens-based animation to be projected onto the west wall of Chuck Bailey Recreation Centre. His art uses digital software to render imagery that moves between two and three-dimensional space, dissolving the façade between our own physical word and the imagined possibilities of elsewhere. In a constant game of elaboration, McLeod’s subjects remind us of the rules which govern our reality before breaking them in a colorful display of artifice.
McLeod’s subjects include impossible geometric constructions, vivid textures, and discontented (yet charming) creatures, drawn from a vibrant virtual world. These components are composed in an ever-evolving series of animated tableaus which playfully experiment with physics, light, and form. All the while, McLeod invites viewers to observe the struggles of the beings who inhabit these fantastic realms, reflecting upon our own projected desires and egos in the process.
This exhibition is a part of the 2018 Capture Photography Festival (April 1-30, 2018).
Curator: Rhys EdwardsOrigin of Exhibition: Surrey Art Gallery