Starting on May 7, three short films will be running in the transom window outside the Deluge Contemporary Art studio titled phasing. A press release calls the short films B次元官网网址渁 response to the current primacy of virtual life,B次元官网网址� with work from three artists B次元官网网址渦nder the sway of our mysterious yet omnipresent satellite.B次元官网网址�

The first film, running for three minutes and 33 seconds titled Eclipsed, comes from experimental filmmaker, transmedia artist and founder of Media Monster, Nicole Elaine Baker. Her work has been exhibited globally from the CICA Museum in South Korea to the streets of Mexico City.

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The second film, created by Chilean artist and filmmaker Malena Szlam, titled Lunar Almanac B次元官网网址� running for four minutes B次元官网网址� details a B次元官网网址渏ourney through magnetic spheres with its staccato layering of single-frame, long exposures of a multiplied moon.B次元官网网址� The film is shot in 16 millimetre Ektachrome and hand processed. SzlamB次元官网网址檚 work explores the relationship between the natural world, perceptions and intuitive process. Her latest film ALTIPLANO received numerous awards and was chosen as one of the Toronto International Film FestivalB次元官网网址檚 Top Ten Canadian Short Films of 2018.

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The Moons of Palaver, the third short film running at three minutes and 14 seconds, is produced by Canadian artist Eric Gaucher. The film B次元官网网址渃elebrates the rhythms, patterns, resonance and lyrical elusiveness that can be found or sought out on any particular evening.B次元官网网址� According to a press release, the original material in the film was an intervalometer test of soft-focus automotive headlights shown in the early 2000s, which was rediscovered and reworked into a B次元官网网址渃omposite of abstract arrangementsB次元官网网址� while the audio is a collage of various found materials originally recorded in the late 1960s.

Gaucher has been involved with film and music since the mid 1990s, creating B次元官网网址渘on-narrative filmsB次元官网网址� that are B次元官网网址渏uxtapositions with rhythms and emotions.B次元官网网址� His work combines a variety of techniques including direct animation, found footage, software exploitation and 3D animation.

The films will be screened nightly, starting at dusk and running until midnight in the Deluge transom window at 636 Yates St. until June 6.

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