Allison Hrabluik: The Pit Bar, Dawson City

The Pit Bar, Dawson City
by Allison Hrabluik
July 21 – August 18, 2006

Platform Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts
021-100 Arthur Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Closing reception: August 17, 7 pm

The Pit Bar, Dawson City deconstructs the seamless representation of perspective and movement in traditional video. Artist Allison Hrabluik meticulously constructs a miniature, three-dimensional stage with paper cut-outs of figures taken from each frame of her original video and recreates her source footage using stop motion techniques.  The video will be installed alongside its toy-like theatrical set and paper figures, providing viewers with a glimpse of the artistic process. The Pit Bar features Canadian indie-rock stars The Constantines and was recorded in Dawson City.

Allison Hrabluik is a Toronto-based multimedia and video artist.  She has shown her work at venues nationally and internationally, such as the Dawson City International Film Festival; Mercer Union, Toronto; Downtown Artspace, Adelaide, Australia.