Marina Roy, Abbas Akhavan

The point of departure of this collaborative installation is the artists’ shared interest in the disappearance of the animal into the “undead” realm of cinema (extending to the digitized image and its use in advertising). Animals have become extinct or have adapted to new environmental circumstances, oftentimes hybridizing, adapting to an ever-changing environment and economy (conquest of lands, etc.)

Marina Roy is working on a new video work that combines early film images of animals with new footage of animals (in domestic spaces and in zoos) shot on black-and-white Super-8 film.

Abbas Akhavan is working on a series of audio works of various animal sounds installed inside the gallery space and outdoors. The audio works are in dialogue with Roy’s silent films – here sound becomes a digital allegory.

Neighbours is a two person exhibition by Marina Roy and Abbas Akhavan, worked on in dialogue (rather than collaboratively) at VIVO Media Arts Centre in October 2008. The exhibition reflects their shared interest in issues around domestic life, urban space, property rights, and the ever-changing relationship between the human and natural worlds.

In collaboration with VIVO MEDIA ARTS CENTRE (Vancouver)

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