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Tunnel Vision
Presented by: Trinity Square Video

3D animation, video, lighting and sound alter space forming a long and deep disorienting tunnel. Montreal-based photographer Isabelle Hayeur and new media artist/sculptor Éric Raymond create a trompe l’oeil effect based upon the tradition in painting, constructing an illusory surreal space that plays with our senses.
Adopting the history of the trompe l’oeil painting to the realm of video, Hayeur and Raymond literally “trick the eye” into believing that the flat wall of the gallery recedes deeply into a cavernous corridor by creating a fictional space based on the architecture of the actual space. The artists transport us through this fictional environment until we come to the light at the end of the tunnel. Here they overwhelm the senses with light and sound, causing a rupture in our understanding of the space and leaving the viewer with a disoriented, but not unpleasant sensation. In Tunnel Vision Hayeur and Raymond draw our attention to how stimuli – such as light, sound – affect our emotional state and our understanding of an immersive environment. While the rational mind does not believe the illusion Hayeur and Raymond present, our senses tell us otherwise, leaving the viewer with a visual puzzle to solve. Their work built what Hayeur calls “a strangeness that is created via the meeting of divergent universes.” [livewithculture]
Starts: Mar 29, 2007 Ends: Apr 28, 2007
At: 401 Richmond, 401 Richmond Street, Toronto
Times: Mon - Fri 10 am - 6 pm, Sat 12 - 4 pm Cost: Free

Getting there: Richmond Street, east of Spadina Avenue
For more information contact: Aubrey Reeves Phone: (416) 593-1332
Email: aubrey@trinitysquarevideo.com