[rohrpost] Ausstellung - Dominic GAGNON / HAUTE-VITESSE - museum32

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HAUTE-VITESSE
- Video Installation von Dominic GAGNON (Canada, 2007)

Ausstellungseröffnung am Freitag, dem 16. November um 19. Uhr im
museum32 in der Senefelder Straße 32, 10437 Berlin

Die Ausstellung läuft vom 17. bis zum 23. November 2007.
Öffnungszeiten 14-19 Uhr.

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HAUTE-VITESSE

In the documentary HAUTE-VITESSE, Dominic Gagnon presents people who
maintain little or no ties with time, space and their bodies. Those who
approach the conditions of the 'pure mind' : the ultimate utopia of
human/technological development; the futurist dream of speed or
contemporary fantasy of web surfers. The image of a pure mind, free from
the force of terrestrial gravity, time constraints, transport, and above
all, the primary needs of the human body. The image of a mind connected
to the global network, eternally in transit, carried by a mass of signs
and information.

"I don't seek truth. I seek to penetrate certain worlds of simulation. I
capture accounts without to worry about reality or facts. I film
objects, accessories, animals and significant products they carry with
them. Everything is luminous. We are in open spaces. We discuss their
daily lives and future, survival strategies for non-spaces and non-times
in which they find themselves."
-Dominic Gagnon


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SUJETS HAUTE VITESSE / HIGH SPEED TOPICS : Judaism. Moses. Palestinians.
Glaciers. King Abukananosore. Indians. Dragonflies. Computers.
Terminator. Colombia. Star Trek. Super-human. Microwave. Adam West.
Tesla. Conspiracy. Oil business. Biblical codes. Arab emirates. Leonardo
Da vinci. Robots. Vultures. Mechanical titan. Cows. Cannaries. Aliens.
Spectra. Love. Instability. Drugs. Education. Masochism. Vikings. Urban
camping. Junkies. Science. Electronic-car-diagnosis. God. Freedom.
Rifles. Asteroids. Cops. Demography. Control. Anarchy. Cameras.
Verticality. Agoraphobia. Banks. Cigarettes. Adrenaline. Reproduction.
Stunts. Civil wars. Slavery. Utopia. Literature. Cinema. War. Michael
Jackson. Paradise. Satellites. Medical squads. Clones. Uranium. Angels.
Plastic surgery. Mona Lisa. Mutant. Michel Angelo. Speed. Weapons.
Multinationals. George Lucas. Urban Transport. Pill experiments. DVD
player. Lucy's skeleton. Engines. Stanley Kubrick. Solar system.
Intelligence. Genetic mutations. Social experiments. Survival. Zombies.
Televisions. Reality. Fuji's island. Nobel prizes. Spatial rockets.
R.I.P. 2007


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DOMINIC GAGNON

Dominic Gagnon is an internationally known film director, installation
artist and performance maker.

Since 1996, Gagnon's performances, sound and installation work, have
participated at numerous festivals and art biennials all over the world.
Among others; the Graz Biennial of Architecture and Media, the Moving
Images Biennale in Geneva, the Clermont-Ferrand Film and New Media Art
Festival, the Center of Contemporary Art in Seattle (COKE) and several
international performance festivals like the "TIPAF Winter Event"
(Taiwan), "The Future of Imagination" (Singapore)," Asiatopia"
(Thailand), 100 "Dessus Dessous" (France) and "Corporeal Heat" (Boston).

Moreover Dominic Gagnon has produced and realized numerous films, video
documentaries and experimental films, which have gained international
recognition: He was awarded 1st price at the Videoex (Zurich), The
Golden Award at the International Chicago Film Festival (Intercom), Prix
Claude-Jutra (Qc). In 2004, the Cinematek Quebec in Montreal organized a
retrospective of his work.

Gagnon is the founder of the performance collective Au Travail/ At work,
and has been involved in numerous performances and interventions. Au
Travail/ At work was honored at the 15th Paris Biennial, for its new
form of social as well as artistic engagement.



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