Amphithéâtre

Date :
2010
Déscription :

A two-screen installation in which I take up the changing function of certain modern buildings, their power of suggestion and their obsolescence. Montreal’s racetrack is a site I document and the source of several of my works.

The installation Amphithéâtre (Amphitheatre) takes shape around the tension created between a horse filmed in close-up in its stall, the last day of the races and cyclical tracking shots in the deserted stands on the other side of the track. Underlying the forthcoming catastrophic energy is the imminence of a mammoth building about to fall and the ambiguity surrounding the precarious presence of the animal.

The soundtrack, made out of on-site recordings, becomes a part of the montage. The arrangement of screens in the exhibition space invites viewers to circulate in a way which enables them to watch the screens either individually or simultaneously.


Specifications : 
16mm film diptych loop projections with walls construction and sound.
Credits : 
Cinematography : Myriam Yates, Étienne Boilard; Editing: Myriam Yates

Exhibitions
Manifestation internationale d'art de Québec / Catastrophe, Quelle Catastrophe ! (groupe)
May 1 to June 13, 2010.
Québec, Québec, canada
Curator : Sylvie Fortin
CCS Bard Hessel Museum, Spring exhibitions and projects (groupe)
March 18 to April 15,2012
Hessel Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Curator : Janine Armin
Myriam Yates Foreman Art Gallery (solo)
Septembre 11 to December 14, 2013
Foreman Art Gallery, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
Curator : Vicky Chainey-Gagnon Publication Edited by Vicky Chainey-Gagnon
Myriam Yates Prefix ICA (solo)
February to March 2015
Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada
Curator : Scott McLeod
Amphithéâtre, Video
Amphithéâtre, Video excerpt
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Amphithéâtre, Installation view. Photo : Yvan Binet
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Amphithéâtre, Installation view. Photo : Yvan Binet
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Amphithéâtre, Installation view. Photo : Yvan Binet
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Amphithéâtre, Installation view. Photo : Yvan Binet
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Amphithéâtre, Installation view. Photo : Yvan Binet
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Amphithéâtre, video still
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Amphithéâtre, video still
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Amphithéâtre, video still
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Amphithéâtre, video still
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Amphithéâtre, video still
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Amphithéâtre, video still
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Amphithéâtre, video still
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Amphithéâtre, video still
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Amphithéâtre, video still
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Amphithéâtre, video still

Specifications : 
16mm film diptych loop projections with walls construction and sound.
Credits : 
Cinematography : Myriam Yates, Étienne Boilard; Editing: Myriam Yates

Exhibitions
Manifestation internationale d'art de Québec / Catastrophe, Quelle Catastrophe ! (groupe)
May 1 to June 13, 2010.
Québec, Québec, canada
Curator : Sylvie Fortin
CCS Bard Hessel Museum, Spring exhibitions and projects (groupe)
March 18 to April 15,2012
Hessel Museum, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY
Curator : Janine Armin
Myriam Yates Foreman Art Gallery (solo)
Septembre 11 to December 14, 2013
Foreman Art Gallery, Sherbrooke, Québec, Canada
Curator : Vicky Chainey-Gagnon Publication Edited by Vicky Chainey-Gagnon
Myriam Yates Prefix ICA (solo)
February to March 2015
Prefix Institute of Contemporary Art, Toronto, Canada
Curator : Scott McLeod