projects

video

The Race

The Race is a video installation inspired by a passage from the 2001 anthology "Money_Value_Art". In speaking of the labour of artists, Pierre Beaudoin says: "We mark time, tread water, run on the spot". Springing from this quote, the installation includes three illustrative videos playing simultaneously. The first video, Running, depicts the artist running on the spot in her day-to-day clothes, while more 'officially' dressed runners pass her on the sea wall in Vancouver. The second video, Swimming, pictures Latour treading water at Vancouver's Second Beach pool while swimmers lap her. Putting these activities in the context of visual art practice, the third video, Office Work, has the artist filling out grant applications, writing exhibition proposals and doing artist administrative work, while seated amongst productive office workers in an accounting firm. Overall the project speaks humorously to the trials involved in a contemporary art career.

Swimming

Swimming, 1:59, 2004

Suggestions

Suggestions, 2:29, 2000

Suggestions deconstructs the process of critique through tongue-in-cheek commentary that offers contradictory advice on how to produce “good” contemporary artwork. As the artist speaks, the size of the video image shrinks from 100% to 25%, suggesting a diminished sense of authority. The source material was compiled from actual suggestions the artist received over the course of many years.

Dog Eat Dog World

Dog Eat Dog World, 1:00, 2000

Dog Eat Dog World is a video installation that consists of seven television monitors arranged on the floor in a configuration that mimics communal canine behavior. The videos depict the artist barking, growling, licking and starring. Reflecting on the ever-evolving pecking orders of art worlds, this piece acts as an internal reminder to keep pace.