Force Majeure
Exhibition at Galerie Clark, Sept 2 - Oct 9, 2010
A body is suspended in mid air. Either the person is falling, along with the camera operator, or the wind is holding them up. It is an incredible amount of air. Their skin ripples frantically, their clothes look like they will disintegrate. I am interested in understanding how people maintain a sense of self while suspended in the air. Does a viewer empathize or reject someone who is about to lose control and is struggling to regain it?
Click here for video documentation of Force Majeure at Galerie Clark.
Credits
Sound Composition:
Nancy Tobin
Drums: Jackie Gallant, Paul Litherland
Performers:
Johanne Blanchette, Bertrand Cloutier, Julie Dufresne, Olga Kuznetsova, Jacinthe Labelle, Claude Limoges, Paul Litherland, , Marie-Pier Lizotte, Agläe Racine, Guillaume St-Hilaire, Sebastien Wolfe
Video Camera:
Claude Limoges, Paul Litherland, Jenna Maclellan, Jean-Philippe Thibault, Karen Trask
Video Editing Assistance:
Frédéric Lavoie
Still Camera:
Valérie Pelletier, Karen Trask
Contributors:
L'Espace Aerodium, Bidibidi (Jean-Francois Le Gruiec), Patrice Coulombe, Guillaume Lemay-Thivierge, Citi Mobilité, Pierre Mayence
Public support
Paul Litherland wishes to thank the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec for its financial support.