SHORTS! MEMBERS' SCREENING
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ONLINE SCREENING | 04 December - 20 December 2020
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PLATFORM centre’s annual members’ screening is back! This year’s screening features work from Nicole Desautels, Lesley Nakonechny, Mandy Espezel, Connie Chappel, Sarah Fuller, Ella Steele, and Gwendolyn Collins & Genevieve Collins.
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See our program below:
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NICOLE DESAUTELS, NOBILITY OF WINNIPEG/NOBLESSE DE WINNIPEG, 2020, 2:57 min
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LESLEY NAKONECHNY, EUTROPHICATION, 2019, WATERCOLOUR & DIGITAL MANIPULATION, 0:06 min
In 2019, I had the opportunity to spend time out in the Experimental Lakes Area, a natural laboratory of 58 lakes set aside for scientific research. I was one of five artists invited to Northwestern Ontario to engage with scientific research and find inspiration for my own practice. One day, I shadowed two scientists to add phosphorus to a couple lakes – a process called Eutrophication. When a body of water becomes enriched with nutrients, it induces growth of algae. This is the source of inspiration behind my animation.​
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MANDY ESPEZEL, HIDIN', 2018, 3:06 min
This video-performance was created while in residence with Studio PRÁM, Prague, Czech Republic. A sight-specific work on paper is utilized as performance tool. Part of a series exploring the anxieties of artistic production and the necessity of touch.
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CONNIE CHAPPEL, FLEETING BREATH, 2020, 1:09 min
A forlorn elm tree reaches upward, struggling for a fleeting breath. An invasive attack by the burgeoning elm bark beetle has spread a destructive fungal disease within the tree vessels. The life of a majestic tree is shortened.
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SARAH FULLER, EXPERIMENT IN LANDSCAPE NO. 2, 2012, 3:03 min
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ELLA STEELE, "HALLELUJAH, I LOVE HIM SO", 2020, 2:42 min
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ALEXIS L GRISE, EMERSON, 2020, 16mm, 2:56 min
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GWENDOLYN COLLINS & GENEVIEVE COLLINS, TÊTE-À-TÊTE, 4:55 min
During a brawl on the banks of the Red River, two dapper gents go tête-à-tête and lose more than just their temper. A sobering and level-headed portrait of what life is like when ties are severed.​​​
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