ALL THAT IS SOLID
16 min, 16mm film to HD, 2014
All That Is Solid investigates Brutalist architecture through the surface of black and white 16mm film.
The film features three locations: Robarts Library, The University of Toronto Scarborough campus (UTSC) and the Ross building at York University.
Footage of the buildings has been degraded using a number of chemical and physical processes.
The film explores the utopian visions that inspired the Brutalist movement and the material and aesthetic connection between concrete and celluloid.
Exhibitions
2022 Hydra, group exhibition, All That is Solid, curated by Anh Dao, part of Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven, NL
2019 Sterling Weekend, Doors Open, MOCA, Toronto, ON
2017 Angell Gallery, The Readable City, curated by Bill Clarke, Toronto, ON
2015 Birch Contemporary, New Monuments Forget The Future, curated by Rebecca Travis, Toronto, ON
Screenings
2022 Conditions of Life (screening and talk), curated by Fraser McCallum, Blackwood Gallery, Mississauga, ON
2018 Narva Art Residency, All That is Solid, part of the ‘Night, is it Time or Space?’ program, Narva, Estonia
2017 Rendezvous with Madness, Tunnel Vision at CAMH program, part of Doors Open Toronto, Toronto, ON
2017 Kinosmiðja Screening Series, programmed by Terra Jean Long, Reykjavik, Iceland
2016 Victoria Film Festival, Shorts program: Ontario, Victoria, BC
2016 Pacific Cinematheque, DIM Cinema, curated by Melanie O’Brien, Vancouver, BC
2016 Shapeshifters: An Evening of Experimental Cinema, The Grange Film Series, East Haddam, CT
2016 Copenhagen Architecture Film Festival, Copenhagen, Denmark
2016 Filmmakers Co-op, New Year New Works, New York, NY
2015 Winnipeg Design Festival, Winnipeg, MB
2015 Analogica Film Festival, Bolzano, Italy
2015 EMMEDIA, Fresh Short Shorts program, Calgary, AB
2015 EXIS Experimental Film and Video Festival, International Competition EX-Now, Seoul, Korea
2015 Arkipel International Documentary and Experimental Film Festival, Jarkarta, Indonesia
2015 VideoEx, Architecture Light and Space program, Zurich, Switzerland
2015 Vivo Media Arts Centre, Urban Decay Program, Vancouver BC
2015 Winnipeg Underground Film Festival, Winnipeg, MB
2015 Montreal Underground Film Festival, Montreal, QC
2015 International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
2015 Iowa City International Documentary Festival, Iowa City, IA
2015 Images Festival, Toronto, ON
2015 International Film Festival Rotterdam, Dinamo P&I Screening, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
2014 Jackman Hall, Art Gallery Of Ontario, Depth of Field, Toronto, ON