{"id":6446,"date":"2011-12-19T00:06:30","date_gmt":"2011-12-19T00:06:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=6446"},"modified":"2012-01-29T16:37:44","modified_gmt":"2012-01-29T21:37:44","slug":"around-the-block-video-installation-by-jean-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=6446","title":{"rendered":"<em>Around the Block<\/em> Video Installation by Jean Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Bridge_AtheB.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-6424\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/12\/Bridge_AtheB.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"446\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<strong>January 4\u201328, 2012<\/strong><br \/>\nOpening: Saturday, January 7, 2\u20135 p.m.<br \/>\n<strong>THE RED HEAD GALLERY<\/strong><br \/>\n401 Richmond St. W., Suite 115<br \/>\nToronto, ON M5V 3A8<br \/>\nT:\u00a0\u00a0416-504-5654<br \/>\nEmail:\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:art@redheadgallery.org\">art@redheadgallery.org<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.redheadgallery.org\/\">www.redheadgallery.org<\/a>.<br \/>\nHours: Wed\u2013Sat 12\u20135 pm<\/p>\n<p><em>Around the Block<\/em> is a multi-channel video and audio environment that enacts common realities of the street where we flow like a river through restricted space with obstructed views.\u00a0Our ears are more liberated than our eyes.<\/p>\n<p><em>Around the Block<\/em> began as a collection of still images and sounds from a typical urban neighborhood.\u00a0\u00a0Invariably, most views are blocked and\/or framed by fences that demarcate property boundaries, constrain pedestrian movement or enforce security. The audio environment, on the other hand, is relatively boundless. It delivers open and fluid evidence of what people are saying, doing and experiencing.<\/p>\n<p>The aggregation of images that comprises\u00a0<em>Around the Block<\/em> is distilled into a continuum of visually limited space.\u00a0\u00a0Rendered as three videos, projected in series, we see people stroll by\u2014sometimes curious about what lies beyond their view.\u00a0All the while, the audible experience tempts us with glimpses into a larger and unseen distance.<\/p>\n<p>Taken as a whole,\u00a0<em>Around the Block<\/em> forms a dynamic stream of familiar yet idiosyncratic spaces. It reveals much about the texture and syntax of our urban existence while questioning the culture of privatization and disconnection. \u00a0The work constitutes a virtual place where viewers can reflect on the sensations, knowledge and experience that is both available and unavailable to them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Jean Bridge<\/strong> is an interdisciplinary artist who works in a wide range of digital and interactive media.\u00a0 Her projects have been exhibited widely in Canada and internationally.\u00a0 Bridge lives in St. Catharines, Ontario, where she teaches new media at Brock University.\u00a0 She is also the founder of nGen, Niagara Interactive Media Generator.\u00a0 For more information:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.jeanbridge.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.jeanbridge.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0The artist wishes to acknowledge the support of the Ontario Arts Council and the technical assistance of Tracy Van Oosten, Barsin Aghajan, Stu Gritter, Ben Mikuska and Duncan MacDonald<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.redheadgallery.org\/images\/stories\/oac%20logo%20gif.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"310\" height=\"47\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>January 4 \u2013 28, 2012<\/strong><br \/>\nOpening: Saturday, January 7, 2\u20135 pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>THE RED HEAD GALLERY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Around the Block is a multi-channel video and audio environment that enacts common realities of the street where we flow like a river <\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link-p\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/?p=6446\">Read more &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6424,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-listings_archive"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6446"}],"version-history":[{"count":20,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7180,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6446\/revisions\/7180"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6424"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoronto.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}