Steele
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Photographic > Bump in the Night, 2010
The works presented in this exhibition pursue this research by studying, with teenagers, the conflicts and sometimes the disconnections, between personal choices and social life. … bump in the night is composed of large scale photographs showing adolescents photographed from the back, to whom the artists asked a series of questions, focusing more on the adolescents’ fears than on their ambitions – describe a recent nightmare, a striking event that happened at school, reveal what scares them the most. Their responses, inscribed on the image itself, are disturbing and reveal a deep malaise as well as an exceptional solitude. (From Dazibao Gallery, Montreal) click to read Between anonymity and intimacy by Felix Vogel |
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| ...bump in the night, Vancouver Steele and Tomczak Vancouver, Canada, 2012 …bump in the night (Vancouver) is a series of life-size photo-text panels featuring students from the Native Education College. Previous versions include Caen (France), Stuttgart (Germany), Barrie and Toronto (Ontario). This site-specific project will be presented in partnership with InTransitBC (Canada Line) at Broadway-City Hall Station and in the storefront windows of 1965 Main Street. |
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| ...bump in the night, Barrie Steele and Tomczak Barrie, Canada, 2010 ...bump in the night, Barrie comprises a series of ten large format photographs by renowned Canadian media artists Lisa Steele & Kim Tomczak, created for this occasion and displayed in ten Barrie bus transit shelters. Each image portrays an anonymous student on the verge of graduating entering a Barrie-area high school, overlaid with text culled from responses to a series of questions... view series / more info installation view 1-2-3-4-5 |
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...bump in the night, Caen |
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| Gruseln in der Nacht [Bump in the night…(v2)] Steele and Tomczak Stuttgart Germany, 2008 Gruseln in der Nacht [...bump in the night (v2)] continues a project we began in Toronto. It involves young people at a time of anticipated change – typically from 15 to 18 years of age. In June 2008, near Stuttgart, we interviewed eleven young people on the last day of their years in middle school. From here, some would go on to technical apprenticeships or training; others would go to the gymnasium and then to the university... view series / more info |
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| ...bump in the night, Toronto Steele and Tomczak Toronto, Canada, 2003 more info... |
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