EMMEDIA PRESENTS: "SNAIL TRAIL"

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Snail Trail

An installation by Philipp Artus (Cologne, Germany)

EMMEDIA Screening Room (351 – 11 Ave SW)

October 31 – December 1, 2012

Opening Reception: November 1 @ 6-9PM (Artist will be in attendance.)

See the trailer here at Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/50791090

A snail invents the wheel and goes through a cultural evolution to finally get back to its origin.

Snail Trail is an installation that incorporates a laser animation that is projected 360° onto a column, where the viewer walks around around to follow the course of the snail. The projection surface is made of a phosphorescent material, which creates a glowing trail that fades out slowly, letting the viewer simultaneously see what’s happening, what has happened and what will happen. This reflection on time is elaborated further through the endless cycling of the work, as well as through the recurring pulse of sound and light, which references the periodic natural phenomena like the tides or the seasons. For more information visit: emmedia.ca

This project is also presented as part of GIRAF 8, a festival showing the best indie, experimental and underground animation happening on October 31 – November 4, 2012. For more information on GIRAF, please visit: giraffest.ca