HCMC – North South East West

Opening: Thu 17 Dec, 6 – 8 pm
Exhibition: 17 Dec 2009 – 16 Jan 2010 23 Jan 2010
Galerie Quynh

Galerie Quynh is pleased to present North South East West – an exhibition of videos, objects and photo-based work by pioneering media artist Bruce Yonemoto.

In addition to the NSEW series and older video and objects, Yonemoto will present a new work entitled Simulation – a video installation that relates to the artist’s childhood memories surrounding his fascination with Disneyland. Reflecting on Baudrillard’s examination of Disneyland in his 1983 essay Simulations, Yonemoto recreates the theme park’s iconic Matterhorn Mountain as a sculptural model, which is viewed simultaneously with the large time lapse video projection highlighting the process of its creation. Recorded from home movies found on YouTube, screams from riders on the Matterhorn are interspersed with dialogue from the 50s TV series Disneyland, now commonly known as The Wonderful World of Disney. The rather ominous video, with the surreal movements of the rapid prototyping machine, also recalls Leger’s Le Ballet Mecanique and other experimental film work of the 1920s.

Please click here for more information about the artist and his exhibition.