my name is niknaz

float/fly

Solo exhibition, InteAccess Electronic Media Arts Centre, Toronto, Canada

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A dual-channel looping film is projected on the gallery windows after hours and overnight.

Entrance to the gallery featuring Butterfly on the left wall and I Like Girls, phonetic on the far wall.

View from the back wall. Dual-channel looping film is projected on the windows, viewing area for the experimental video, Liminal, the life of Josie H., and Butterly on the right wall.

Butterfly, an interactive sculpture where the "wings" flap in response to movement from the viewer.

Detail of one of the Butterfly wings using a stepper motor, cogs, hardware and corrugated plastic.

I Like Girls, phonetic while blinking off. Electronic sculpture that transliterates phonetically from Farsi to English, reading "ay liyk gerlz".

I Like Girls, phonetic while blinking on.

Detail of I Like Girls, phonetic while blinking off. Plywood, plexiglass, embedded high-powered LED lights, steel rods, wires.

Detail of I Like Girls, phonetic while blinking on.

Detail of custom etched LED driver circuit board for I Like Girls, phonetic

float/fly is a multi-media interactive installation of liminality. Conceived specifically for Interaccess Electronic Media Arts Centre in Toronto. Float/Fly was my MFA thesis exhibition and was part of the 2008 Inside/Out Festival of Queer Cinema through their collaboration with local galleries. There is a critical review of this installation in Esse magazine.

The installation is comprised of 4 pieces, I Like Girls, phonetic, butterfly, a short experimental narrative film, Liminal, The Life of Josie H. and the looping projections, Austin & Vi projected on the gallery windows and only viewed at night.