Richmond BC, Canada #richmondartgallerybc
Levels is an ongoing series of works centring around the concept of measurement as a means of justifying and understanding phenomena. As part of this series, Sequence 1–5 is composed of five photographs which capture an uncertain moment in time, grounded by a tiny bubble of air at the centre of a level tool. The instrument negotiates a version of truth with the observer which is contingent on gravity, orientation, and precise reading to render an indisputable analytical truth. The artist asks if objective positionality is unquestionable and if instruments of measurement are infallible. The inconspicuous bubble in the level is a powerful device that symbolizes the logical order imposed on daily life and motion: a reminder that all things follow earthly physics in one way or another.
In contrast to the endless feed of mass-produced images, these works encourage a moment to slow down the fleeting consumptive gaze, creating meaning outside the measurable scales of quality and quantity. In images that possess no clear indication of where they were taken, Sequence 1–5 invokes in the viewer a collapse of objective awareness of their surroundings at any given moment, suspending them instead within the logic and gravity of the photographs.
Presented by the City of Richmond Public Art Program and Richmond Art Gallery in partnership with Capture Photography Festival and the Canada Line Public Art Project – IntransitBC.
