login    password    artist  buyer  gallery  
Not a member? Register
absolutearts.com logo HOME REGISTER BUY ART SEARCH ART TRENDS COLLECT ART ART NEWS
 
 
Indepth Arts News:

"Pharmakon: Rodney LaTourelle and Michael Stecky"
2003-05-09 until 2003-05-31
Plug In, ICA
Winnipeg, MB, CA Canada

Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art is pleased to present a new work by Winnipeg artists Rodney LaTourelle and Michael Stecky, Pharmakon. Pharmakon (from the Greek for drug or poison) explores the relationship between the body, space, colour and sound. A collaborative project that references colour and sound healing technologies, the installation is an interactive environment intended to develop subjective associations.

Influenced by Austrian anthroposophist Rudolf Steiner and Wilhelm Reich’s orgone accumulator, the artists have devised a ‘healing’ experience for gallery visitors. Entering the chamber triggers a scan of the subject, while multilingual voices solicitously inquire, “How do you feel?” Following diagnosis, the subject passes into the inner chamber where Pharmakon provides a treatment of light and sound especially formulated for the participant.

About the artists:

Rodney LaTourelle is an artist, architect and writer preoccupied with colour, space and the human body. He has been selected to attend a residency this fall at the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart, Germany.

Michael Stecky is a video and sound artist experimenting with interactive technologies. Two recent videos by Stecky were featured at Toronto’s Images festival this year.

Pharmakon: 100% Guaranteed Placebo Effect!

Plug In ICA and the artists gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council New Media Arts Section, Manitoba Arts Council, Winnipeg Arts Council, T.A. Metalworks, and DIN Projects.

IMAGE
Rodney LaTourelle
Chronochroma
installation for Neutral Ground, 2000
Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada


Related Links:


    YOUR FIRST STOP FOR ART ONLINE!
    HELP MEDIA KIT SERVICES CONTACT


    Discover over 150,000 works of contemporary art. Search by medium, subject matter, price and theme... research over 200,000 works by over 22,000 masters in the indepth art history section. Browse through new Art Blogs. Use our advanced artwork search interface.

    Call for Artists, Premiere Portfolio sign-up for your Free Portfolio or create an Artist Portfolio today and sell your art at the marketplace for contemporary Art! Start a Gallery Site to exclusively showcase your gallery. Keep track of contemporary art with your free MYabsolutearts account.

     


    Copyright 1995-2013. World Wide Arts Resources Corporation. All rights reserved