Ballroom by Lynne Marsh
May 24 - June 29, 2007
@ Gallery 1C03 (University of Winnipeg)
Closing Reception & Artist's Talk
Thursday June 28, 2007
Video Pool Studios
Lynne Marsh's work is influenced and informed by: the infinite spatial expanse of game environment, the
Ballroom presents a woman, athletic and glamorous, suspended upside down in the centre of a dancehall, her glittering sequined costume reflects light like a mirror ball. Marsh’s virtually constructed ballroom is based on the existing, south London ‘Rivoli’ ballroom. The spinning woman at the centre of the projection appears small in comparison to her virtual surroundings. The viewer is overwhelmed by the scale of the virtual environment, and, perhaps, is underwhelmed by the limited actions of the virtual performer. Nevertheless, as the central figure spins, projecting spots of light around the vast ballroom, the viewer is drawn into the virtual world of the ballroom as well as the rotating and fluid space created by the woman. Awed by the fantastical and detailed virtual environment, the viewer is provoked to reflect on their own unspectacular performance.
