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56 - The Oakville Beaver, Friday December 26, 2008 www.oakvillebeaver.com Video turns the grotesque into statues of beauty Continued from page 55 about video as the medium of now, because it is moving images, fleeting and digital, and because of this it was the communication tool of the present," Long said. "I think that informed my wanting to use it to see what and how I could make it." Simply put, video is passed through custom software and ultimately turned into a video-still sculpture by a rapid-prototyping 3D printer. The installation is actually in two parts, with the video and copier in one room, and the white sculptures produced (roughly one to two per week) on display on white pedestals in the second room. What is noteworthy is Long's choice of video, which is from YouTube, and shows African big game hunters killing a ferocious lion. The idea behind the work is taking the ugliness of the video and its message and turning it into beauti- ful, white sculptures. "It is interesting that their source is that video, but they are not that video," Long said. "The lion hunt video is really horrible and tasteless. I really feel these white sculptures are beautiful and captivating. Is there a way then you can look at it and enjoy it and divorce this horrible content?" The most inconspicuous part of Long's show at Gairloch Gardens is the reading room. Long takes what is a generally accepted part of an exhibition and turns it into part of the show. The reading desk has been specifically created by Long. And the books that grace the surface are altered in some way, whether it is sanded off covers of J.D. Salinger's Catcher in the Rye, or Long's own SPECIAL TO THE BEAVER musings written in a stream of consciousness, cleverly disguised MACHINATION: In Gareth Long's Second, Third, Fourth, video is passed through custom software and ultimately between a mass-produced cover for turned into a video-still sculpture by a rapid-prototyping 3D printer. Miguel de Cervantes' Don Quixote. but I thought since I'm doing a professor at Mount Allison visionary, saying it is an honour to He calls the pieces book works. "It is usually an auxiliary space, these works that use text and University. He moved to Toronto in have his show run in conjunction translation, why not use this tradi- 1973, teaching at the Ontario with someone who helped make tional space as an activated read- College of Art and Design and then him the artist he is today. "It is really touching to me and ing room?" he said. in 1980 at the department of fine Whereas Long takes the video art at the University of Toronto. it means a heck of a lot to be with medium beyond the screen, the Campbell passed away after a battle my mentor and to be paired with this person who really made it posroot of the art form is displayed in with cancer in 2001. the Campbell exhibition. The People Like Us: The Gossip of sible for me to do this at all," he darkened gallery features numer- Colin Campbell at Centennial said. People Like Us: The Gossip of ous TV screens and sets of head- Square is the first major exhibition phones, each showing a different of his work since his death. Colin Campbell at Centennial creation by Campbell. The exhibition features films of Square, 120 Navy St. and Gareth Campbell was raised and edu- various lengths, from his first Long's Second, Third, Fourth in cated in Manitoba before moving works of the 1970s to his last film Gairloch Gardens, 1306 Lakeshore east to New Brunswick to serve as in 2001. The show was organized by Rd. E. runs until Feb. 22. Admission costs $2 for adults Oakville Galleries and will tour and $1 for students aged 12 to 16. Canada. The videos show that Campbell The Campbell show is restricted to Winter Lessons and Christmas Camps Now Booking did not shy away from the big issues those aged 18 and older. · Weekday Lessons 4/$107 or $35/Lesson For information, call 905-844in his work, exploring such topics as · Saturday at Farm 10am-3pm $40 (Children 5-12 yrs.) 4402 or visit www.oakvillegalsexuality, violence and gender. www.bertinstables.com (905) 827-4678www.bertinstables.com Long refers to Campbell as a leries.com. BERTIN STABLES Winter Mississauga-Oakville Bridge Centre Contract Bridge And The American $149.00 Bridge League For Beginners...8 weeks, Lessons Monday evenings 7:30, beginning January 19 Wednesday afternoons 1:30, beginning January 21 th st DENTURES tarting at S For "Rusty" Players...8 weeks, $149.00 Monday mornings 9:30, beginning January 19th Wednesday evenings 7:30, beginning January 21st Bridge Games For Newer Players... Thursday evenings, 7:15 - ongoing weekly Thursday mornings, 9:15 - ongoing weekly 379 905-815-8208 LIMITED TIME OFFER $ Please call (905) 820-5728 www.raynerbridge.com