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SUMMARY: Black Maria – Scott Billings
DESCRIPTION: Opening April 27th 7-12pm. Exhibition Runs April 27th – May 18
 th\, 2012 TOPDOWN BOTTOMUP is pleased to present Black Maria\, a video inst
 allation by local artist Scott Billings. Gallery open Wednesday to Friday 1
 2 to 6pm Inspired by early film and the protocinematic devices of the late 
 18th century\, Black Maria consists of a custom […]
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html: <h4>Opening April 27th 7-12pm. Exhibition Run
 s April 27th – May 18th\, 2012</h4><p>TOPDOWN BOTTOMUP is pleased to presen
 t <em>Black Maria\,</em> a video installation by local artist <strong>Scott
  Billings</strong>.</p><p>Gallery open Wednesday to Friday 12 to 6pm</p><p>
 Inspired by early film and the protocinematic devices of the late 18th cent
 ury\, <em>Black Maria</em> consists of a custom video apparatus that projec
 ts a crawling figure circumambulating the periphery of the gallery. Centeri
 ng on issues of mobility and animality\, Billings’ work often engages with 
 the mimetic relationship between the technological apparatus and the somati
 c figures it propels forward. Constructed from an overturned carousel slide
  projector and a hacked digital camera\, Billings’ idiosyncratic machine fu
 nctions as camera\, projector\, and motion rig all in one. The repetitive c
 rack and flash of the apparatus enacts a cinematic experience akin to war f
 ilms\, placing the spectator directly in the <em>line of fire</em>\, while 
 the indexical body in the projection—a 1:1 literal inscription of the artis
 ts spectral body in the actual space it was recorded—is dragged through the
  ‘mud’ of the gallery cube.</p><p><em>Black Maria</em> draws its title from
  Edison’s first film studio.  Built in 1893 on a large turntable to maximiz
 e sunlight through the roof\, Edison’s assistants nicknamed the studio the 
 <em>Black Maria</em> (aka police paddywagons) due to its dark\, cramped\, a
 lmost prison-like working conditions.</p><p><em><strong>TopDown BottomUp </
 strong>is a studio and artist run center founded by four UBC graduates seek
 ing a playful environment for perpetual learning.</em></p><p><a href="http:
 //topdownbottomup.ca/">http://topdownbottomup.ca</a></p>
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