Greg Marshall: DRONE, Jean-René Leblanc and Andy Dinh: SMOKE, Rachel Evan: SUBNIVEAN SNUFF

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Greg Marshall, "Drone," nd

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Arts Commons Gallery of Alberta Media Arts (GAMA) is proud to showcase three short films that experiment with animation, digital superimposition, and visual music, showing different ways that a narrative can be abstracted to tell a deeper meaning. The films run continuously day-and-night on three public video monitors throughout the centre and are available to everyone entering Arts Commons, for free.

Greg Marshall’s DRONE collects archival news stories on lethal military drone strikes and converts, codes, and translates the footage into colour grids and assembled into 3D forms. The confusion in this data disconnect speaks to our voyeuristic distance from technology, and also functions as a memorial.

Jean-René Leblanc and Andy Dinh’s SMOKE is a playful silent stop-motion animated film playing with post-its. Engaging with cultural issues, critical theory, and digital media, the two artists use the common stationary as an interface for a dialogue on identity, space, and relationships

Rachel Evan’s Subnivean Snuff takes a 1958 nature documentary on lemmings and permanently alterers the source material by painting and animating on top of the film stock. The result is a historical environment crime story, exploring human desires to manipulate ecosystems and their inhabitants.

The Gallery of Alberta Media Arts (GAMA) remains the only permanent exhibition space for short films, animation, and video created by Alberta media artists.