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Current EXHIBITION

"SILENCE" by RAFAËL ROZENDAAL

“Silence” is a digital artwork consisting of three ambient moving images. The works are almost abstract, but a suggestion of space and movement hints at experiences of landscapes and travel. With minimal elements of colour and rhythm, a maximal experience is created of immersion and contemplation

PAST EXHIBITIONS

"Ocean Swimmer" by Jim Campbell

For the PXL Gallery low resolution display Jim Campbell chose to use an image of a swimmer as filmed from above with a drone.  The simplicity of the image and the colors within it, the flesh tones of the figure and the blues of the water, create an image that is very readable from both up close and far away.  The tracking image is stationary in its framing, but at the same time active everywhere due to the movement of the water.

"END OF THE TUNNEL" by ROB KING

End of the Tunnel is a medley of mechanical and organic elements. Located at the end of the TTC Line 1, facing the open end of the horseshoe shaped SmartVMC Bus Terminal, it draws inspiration from the clockwork of transit vehicles, the flows of people through the transit system, and the momentary connections and collaborations between these people. 

On the one hand, End of the Tunnel is a literal visualization of the comings and goings of trains from Vaughan Metropolitan Centre subway station and busses from the SmartVMC Bus Terminal. At the same time it recognizes that this is a place for people. It is a gateway to York Region and the SmartVMC community. Thousands of people pass through every day, and thousands more spend (a collective) thousands of hours just waiting here, looking for something to preoccupy themselves. To these ends, End of the Tunnel superimposes an organically evolving zero-player game over the clockwork of the visualization. A sort of spectator sport with loosely implied rules, indirectly played by passengers throughout the subway line. Through this game, End of the Tunnel speaks to the incredible capability of strangers to come together towards a common cause of creating light and dispelling darkness (however one should choose to interpret that).

The goal is for this artwork and visualization to be both beautiful and useful, and engage residents and visitors for years to come.