Not even the paintings are static in Contemporary Calgary’s new exhibition Three Dimensions, which combines traditional media along with mixed video and sculptural work with interactive pieces including the use of virtual reality and augmented reality.
The exhibition is a combination of Balancing Act, a giant claw crane game that allows visitors to interact with the 3D pieces found in other works in the show, THX2020, which is a video homage to George Lucas’ 1971 dystopian sci-fi film THX, and ABCD, which combines multi-disciplinary works together in VR and AR.
Three Dimensions was created by award-winning artists Jennifer Marman and Daniel Borins, who worked with Contemporary Calgary for several years to bring the show to the gallery—much of the exhibition being shown for the first time, with only Balancing Act having been shown at the Cristin Tierney Gallery in New York.
“When we were thinking about this show, we’re always thinking of the relationship between the artist and the viewer or the artwork and the viewer and engagement,” said Marman.
