A year to remember

While reading the latest issue of Uptown Magazine, VP staff were delighted to discover that our presentation of work by Lynne Marsh was recognized as part of Stacey Abramson's Top 10 exhibitions of 2007.

Click to read Stacey's complete article...

Marsh's Ballroom was presented in partnership with Gallery 1C03 (University of Winnipeg) from May 24 to June 29, 2007. It was indeed a stunning new media work that presented a woman -- athletic and glamorous -- suspended upside down in the centre of a dance hall and wearing a glittering sequined costume that reflects light like a mirror ball.

Marsh’s virtually constructed ballroom is based on the existing Rivoli ballroom in south London. The spinning woman at the centre of the projection appears small in comparison to her virtual surroundings. Viewers are overwhelmed by the scale of the virtual environment while, possibly, finding themselves underwhelmed by the limited actions of the virtual performer. Nevertheless, as the central figure spins, projecting spots of light around the vast ballroom, viewers are drawn into the virtual world created.

Video Pool is pleased to receive this recognition and looks forward to presenting another year of fantastic programming! We're quite excited about what we have planned, and we anticipate making it onto your Top 10 lists, too ;-)