Jeremy Pavka: BOW TIE DADDY DONTCHA BLOW YOUR TOP

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Jeremy Pavka, "No More Bad Days," 2013

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Bow Tie Daddy Dontcha Blow Your Top is a solo exhibition featuring the work of Jeremy Pavka (AB).

There is an opening reception scheduled for Friday 26 May at 8 PM. The opening reception is free to attend — refreshments will be served and the artist will be present. Pavka will also lead a workshop on GIF making Saturday 27 May from 11-2. Contact PLATFORM for more information (outreach@platformgallery.org). Spots are limited.

Calgary based artist Jeremy Pavka explores the still life genre through the creation of GIFS (Graphics Interchange Format). During the course of the exhibition six looping GIFS created through a combination of analogue and digital technologies will be shown — one per week. In the production of his work Pavka creates hand made sets, uses studio style lighting, and carefully considers the framing of each work. This lengthy process he endures captures half a second of original content where he then edits it endlessly into a digital loop.

"The punch line: each film’s runtime is as long as you want. The still life as a genre can be considered degenerate, simple, and lost in traditions. Comparably, digital art to the same critic exists as fad, kitsch, or nouveau riche categorizing it too as a simple style of art making - but to them I say: “do not fear the digital zeitgeist, you’ve had your fun, now go home.” - Pavka