Jillian McDonald
Total Eclipse and the Heart
VERSION ORIGINALE
In the experimental media artwork Total Eclipse and the Heart, people are drawn uncontrollably to their windows, out of doors, and into oblivion during the totality of the solar eclipse. An outsized 3D moon hovers indoors and outdoors. The tides, the night, the landscapes, and the moon feature as characters in this tale of connection, solitude, and horror. Scenes shot on location are interspersed with scenes created through AI technologies, and a percussive soundtrack combines drums, AI-inspired drone music, and parts of well known songs referencing the moon.
BIO
Jillian McDonald is a Canadian artist living in New York. Exhibitions and screenings were held at Undercurrent, Air Circulation Galleries in Brooklyn; The Art Gallery of Regina in Saskatchewan; Régart, La Bande Vidéo, and AxeNéo7 in Québec; aCinema in Milwaukee; Philip Steele Gallery in Denver; and The Esker Foundation in Calgary. She has mounted performances for 50 to 1000 performers in natural and urban settings in Tempe at The Arizona State University Art Museum, in Sweden in collaboration with Lilith Performance Studio, and in Toronto at La Nuit Blanche. A CBC IDEAS documentary profiles her videos, which were also reviewed in The New York Times and Canadian Art. Critical discussion appears in The Transatlantic Zombie by Sarah Lauro and Deconstructing Brad Pitt, edited by Christopher Schaberg. Awards include grants from The New York Foundation for the Arts and The Canada Council for the Arts, and participation in numerous international residencies such as Wave Farm in Acra, NY, The Arctic Circle Expedition in Svalbard, Norway, The Headlands Center for the Arts in California, the Glenfiddich Canadian Art Prize in Dufftown, Scotland, and The Banff Center for the Arts in Alberta, Canada. In 2024, she is a New Works resident at Harvestworks in New York.
Résidence
1 septembre au 11 décembre 2024
Résidence
13 janvier au 2 février 2025