where the bears are sleeping

2011: single channel HD video 42′ looping, colour

where the bears are sleeping depicts monochromatic imagery of glaciers, forests and frozen lakes. In both works of the VISITOR exhibtion, either a friendly or malevolent force is suggested, evoking the hunter being hunted, the tracker being tracked. Employing techniques used in video games, bringing exterior virtual space into the physical gallery space the exhibition plays with our apprehension of different forms of reality.

‘The worlds they create are total simulacrums: there is no separation between the invented & the real, the site & the represented, the local & the imagined. It is a territory that is cohesive & singular in language, yet simultaneously is forever folding in on itself. Their work engages the particular of the site while undermining its place, the original & point of departure become one in a conceptual unravelling.’
Richard Ducker – Curator, Fieldgate Gallery 2010

‘…half-hallucinatory spectacle’ – The Guardian

where the bears are sleeping
2011
Single channel video installation
Editor: John McMullin
Concept & design: Gibson / Martelli