Brad Necyk / Gary James Joynes | And All of Everything

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Brad Necyk / Gary James Joynes, ""Joshua Tree (detail)," 2020

film still. Image courtesy of Brad Necyk.

Opening Reception: Friday September 22^nd, 7-10 pm

And All of Everything is an immersive audio/visual experience. Two nationally and internationally celebrated, Edmonton-based artists: Brad Necyk (visual/new media artist and filmmaker) and Gary James Joynes (composer, sound designer, new media artist) transport the viewers to an extraordinary digital environment. Two minimalist experimental films: “Joshua Tree” and “Avatar’s Dream” play in a never-ending loop. The works reflect on the nature of time, consciousness, ecology, and climate change. Passing through cycles of day and night, the viewers are invited to wander the space between consciousness and dreaming.

Inspired by two iconic landscapes, the arid deserts of Joshua Tree in California, contrast beautifully with the lush forests of Avatar Grove on Vancouver Island. The viewers bear witness to these breathtaking landscapes, their physical and spiritual weight elegantly archived within a digital realm.

Joynes’s entrancing soundscapes are inseparably entwined with Necyk’s arresting visual narratives. Complex, multi-layered sounds are uniquely attuned to each subtle visual change. The smallest details are perfectly punctuated, elevating and intensifying the beauty and emotion of both the visual and audio elements. While sound reverberates throughout the body, one’s field of vision is filled by the mesmerizing video. Necyk and Joynes create the sensation of synesthesia: of seeing, hearing, and feeling the artworks all at once.