February 3 – April 21, 2012
Closing reception: Saturday, April 21, 2 – 5 p.m.
PREFIX INSTITUTE OF CONTEMPORARY ART
401 Richmond Street West, Suite 124
Toronto, ON M5V 3A8
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Prompted by specific historical events and locations, Orlow couples archival research with his own audio-visual materials. By offering new entry points for those events that have been excluded, overlooked or otherwise lost from “official” history, the result is a contemplative multi-media installation that examines the construction of history and the obscured nature of historical representation.
Specifically, the exhibition examines the failed passage of fourteen international cargo ships through the Suez Canal in 1967 by interweaving vintage films and photographs taken by the crew members with the artist’s own footage captured years later on location.