Jana Sterbak
dal 2/6/2006 al 1/7/2006
Segnalato da
2/6/2006
Jana Sterbak
Bozar - Centre for Fine Arts, Bruxelles
"From Here To There" is made up of a succession of short sequences chronicling the adventures of a young terrier, Stanley, on the banks of the St Lawrence, the gateway through which the first French explorers arrived in Canada.
From Here to There
Jana Sterbak was Canada’s official representative at the 2003 Venice Biennale. Her
offering at the Centre for Fine Arts will be a double multi-screen video
installation. From Here To There is made up of a succession of short sequences
chronicling the adventures of a young terrier, Stanley, on the banks of the St
Lawrence, the gateway through which the first French explorers arrived in Canada.
Denied both the usual unfolding of a story and any aesthetic choice, visitors will
see life as it is experienced 30 cm above the ground, filmed by a mini-camera
attached to the neck of a Jack Russell. The film is not just a voyage in space, from
Canada to Venice, but also a journey through time, combined with a homage to the
history of the cinema. Paradox often plays a role in Sterbak’s work: to this
spontaneous, even playful lightness, she intends adding a more sombre, serious
element for the Brussels exhibition, evoking the decrepitude of the dead city of
Venice.
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