27/02/2016
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Dinh Q Le
The Colony
Ikon, First Floor Galleries.
Upon entering the space in which Q Le was exhibiting his work, you are greeted with a large film projection on the wall. The space is dark, when you’re walking through you can’t even see the ground beneath you. The projection takes you on a journey exploring a landscape, showing the landscape from different levels from the sky to ground level. With the projection being so large, you feel as though you are apart of the landscape, the sounds surrounding your viewpoint pushing you into the piece.
As you pass through the dark space, you’re pulled left towards a screen which is displayed on the ground. The screen faces upwards so the viewer looks down into the film. Due to not being able to see the floor you are unsure whether you can go right up close to the piece or if there is a certain distance you have to stand back. Nevertheless, you find yourself creeping through the darkness until you find yourself at the edge of the screen looking into the scene. You can almost feel yourself in a higher position than the people in the film, a God-like element, looking down at the world. It broke the norm of displaying a film within a gallery by placing the screen on the floor.
Following the flow of the exhibition you’re greeted by another large projection of a film once again exploring a different landscape, a wall separates the project from the screen. You approach the film from the left, as though you walk into the path of it. The piece has a 3D portal feel to it with it’s large scale high definition, you feel as though you could walk right into the film and be there.
Also behind the separation of the wall is another screen, similar to the first screen, is displayed on the floor.It shared the same effect with the first screen.
The last piece was one last large scale high definition projection, similar to the other two. The piece shows a drone flying through the landscape, exploring the land maybe in a way humans can’t. As the viewer you are taken on a journey switching between watching the drone explore or going around with the drone itself and being one with it.
Within the space the sounds from each film were played through speakers throughout the gallery space. The sounds created a ghosting effect for the viewer, as you were able to hear sounds from the other films as well as the film you were watching. It’s questioned whether this is actually intended or a beautiful accident. Due to the placements of the speakers it did seem that they were trying to separate the sounds from the films in a way, however they weren’t turned down to a level where you’d only hear the sound if you were within that section.
Ikon Gallery, Birmingham
Dinh Q Le
The Colony
Ikon, First Floor Galleries.
Upon entering the space in which Q Le was exhibiting his work, you are greeted with a large film projection on the wall. The space is dark, when you’re walking through you can’t even see the ground beneath you. The projection takes you on a journey exploring a landscape, showing the landscape from different levels from the sky to ground level. With the projection being so large, you feel as though you are apart of the landscape, the sounds surrounding your viewpoint pushing you into the piece.
As you pass through the dark space, you’re pulled left towards a screen which is displayed on the ground. The screen faces upwards so the viewer looks down into the film. Due to not being able to see the floor you are unsure whether you can go right up close to the piece or if there is a certain distance you have to stand back. Nevertheless, you find yourself creeping through the darkness until you find yourself at the edge of the screen looking into the scene. You can almost feel yourself in a higher position than the people in the film, a God-like element, looking down at the world. It broke the norm of displaying a film within a gallery by placing the screen on the floor.
Following the flow of the exhibition you’re greeted by another large projection of a film once again exploring a different landscape, a wall separates the project from the screen. You approach the film from the left, as though you walk into the path of it. The piece has a 3D portal feel to it with it’s large scale high definition, you feel as though you could walk right into the film and be there.
Also behind the separation of the wall is another screen, similar to the first screen, is displayed on the floor.It shared the same effect with the first screen.
The last piece was one last large scale high definition projection, similar to the other two. The piece shows a drone flying through the landscape, exploring the land maybe in a way humans can’t. As the viewer you are taken on a journey switching between watching the drone explore or going around with the drone itself and being one with it.
Within the space the sounds from each film were played through speakers throughout the gallery space. The sounds created a ghosting effect for the viewer, as you were able to hear sounds from the other films as well as the film you were watching. It’s questioned whether this is actually intended or a beautiful accident. Due to the placements of the speakers it did seem that they were trying to separate the sounds from the films in a way, however they weren’t turned down to a level where you’d only hear the sound if you were within that section.