21 h - 23 h Parc de l’Espoir
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COUNTDOWN
Duration: 30 sec Year: 2007
System. Quantity. Price. Height. Weight. Length. Distance. Location. Duration. Volume. Intensity. Total. Rulers. Calculators. Thermometers. Telephones. Computers. Even. Odd. Year. Month. Day. Dice. Cards. Games. Unlucky. Lucky. Hour. Minute. Second. (...)
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PLANETARIUM
Duration: 21 min Year: 2001
A whimsical science-fiction comedy soundtracked to a mix of pop music and experimental electronica, PLANETARIUM explores our current fascinations with ufology, extraterrestrials and the future. A post-fin de siècle ode to the death of utopia, this video contrasts the vastness of outer space with the capacity to imagine; the cosmos that surrounds us and universe that exists inside our heads. File under experimental. Play at maximum volume.
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SATELLITE
Duration: 6:00 Year: 2004
"The human ear. A gatherer of energy. A gatherer of sound. RPMs and BPMs. Satellites go up to the sky." In the video SATELLITE, Nelson Henricks combines found footage and techno beats to question western society's ongoing obsession with science, technology and the future. Juxtaposing images derived from old educational films with absurd, aphoristic slogans, Henricks offers up a witty, entertaining and provocative commentary of our need to make sense of everything, at any cost.
http://www.nelsonhenricks.com
BIO / NELSON HENRICKS
Nelson Henricks was born in Bow Island, Alberta and is a graduate of the Alberta College of Art (1986). He moved to Montréal in 1991, where he received a BFA from Concordia University (1994). Henricks lives and works in Montréal, where he has taught at Concordia University (1995 - present), McGill University (2001- 2003) and Université du Québec à Montréal (1999, 2003). He has also taught at the University of Toronto (2003). A musician, writer, curator and artist, Henricks is best known for his videotapes, which have been exhibited worldwide. A focus on his video work was presented at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, as part of the Video Viewpoints series (2000). His writings have been published in Fuse, Public, Coil magazines, and in the anthologies "So, To Speak" (Editions Artexte, 1999), "Lux" (YYZ Press, 2000) and "Caught in the Act" (YYZ Press, 2004). With Steve Reinke, Henricks coedited an anthology of artist's video scripts entitled "By the Skin of Their Tongues" (YYZ Press, 1997). Henricks was the recipient of the Bell Canada Award in Video Art (2002) and the Board of Govenors’ Alumni Award of Excellence from the Alberta College of Art and Design (2005).
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