PIGTRIGGER
Blake Macfarlane and Leah Woolner
October 17-November 3, 2009
Reception and Artist Talk: October 23, 6-8p

PIGTRIGGER, video installation, 2009

Visual fragments from cartoon animation, abstract imagery, found and made footage are mobilized in Pigtrigger, a participatory video installation that aims to create a feeling of discomfort and anxiety using imagery associated with the concept of the pig. Ripe with connotation and nuance, the artists view the pig as an icon for larger current conflicts embedded in the North American perspective and a point of departure for their explorations of these ideas. Pigtrigger confronts the boundaries and expectations of the audience allowing the viewer to control their own artistic experience.


PIGTRIGGER, video installation (detail), 2009

Blake Macfarlane is a student. His home town is Toronto, Ontario. His favorite color is red. Currently, Leah Woolner is a jack of many trades and a king of none at Queen’s University. A third year student, she has learned to be suspicious of infinity, dislike sports metaphors in literature, and of course, that male drosophila do not cross over. Leah would especially like to thank, Lianne Suggitt, Anne Barlow, Stephanie Natividad and pigs everywhere.