Yudi Sewraj (Montréal)

Salon

03/23/07 - 04/29/07

Opening: 03/23/07, 7h
Artist's talk : Saturday April 28 at 3 pm

The installation Salon by Yudi Sewraj explores ideas of location and history, and includes different elements of a living room. A couch, arm chair, house plant and coffee table are contained within plywood crates and kept cool with the help of a collection of old fridges. An unnamed elderly man is presented on an old television. The compressors hum in the background while the man lights a cigarette and labours to breathe.

"When a film is shot on location I imagine a curious process unfolding. A fictional story is enacted in a real place. The house is a real house, one that has been rented for the duration of the shoot. A lot of items are bought at thrift stores or yard sales. Each of these objects has a history, or has existed in a previous context(s). One object comes in collision with another. All these disparate objects form a phantom presence within the film." YS