Carey Denniston “Landmark”
Kansas
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KANSAS announces a solo exhibition of new work by Carey Denniston.
The act of recording produces a singular and immediate gaze. To impress, transfer, mark or index, calms and underscores an anxiety about loss. Not a personal loss, but one that exists in an ocean wave, in matter exercising its potential to change form. It is long - form looking - to focus on a thing until it exceeds its surface - suggesting an escape to a hyper - real via the real.
Lucid Still (Chill) is a video portrait of a young girl recorded during a Skype conversation. Her receptive face reflects changes in the bright sky and a song is heard distantly, with static. She flickers between still and restless, most notable in subtle movement of her mouth and cheeks. The short video forms an odd relationship between a suburban 10 year old, a 1960’s soul hit and a sunny day.
Untitled (Mats) are a composition of nine sculptures cast from used car floor mats. The casts combine crushed seashell and dyed plaster, and replicate the pattern and worn texture of the original found objects. The height is scaled upwards of nine inches - an extruded form that resembles a tablet, tombstone or monument.
Record Volume is a dual 16mm film installation of a waterfall. The camera’s point - of - view scales the cataract on a vertical plane, nodding yes and no. The falls take a great and rapid plunge, but on film the scale creates an illusory slowness. The two projectors make collective, mechanized sounds that are akin to - and substitute for - the water falling. Each work explores fracture, overlay, and indexical mark - making. While they differ in material and narrative, they have this in common: muscle, tilt, groove and pile.
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Schedule
from October 25, 2014 to December 20, 2014
Opening Reception on 2014-10-25 from 18:00 to 20:00