EXCERPTS FROM THE GALANTY SHOW

Everything you see is a shadow. Pirates, clowns, a jumping ballerina, hula hooping bunnies, a yogini and other hybrids combine to form this world of x-ray play. Spaces are drawn open to reveal multiple vignettes that are happening in another place at another time.

These are all real time actions with the exception of one, with its frames dropped and time condensed. She is a hybrid, part clown and part magician, slowly assembling a hat as a vehicle for her own transformation. These actions celebrate the heroic and vulnerable nature of simple gestures. Balloons swell, objects orbit, coils expand and bubbles fall slowly as accumulated gestures combine to take everyday actions into the realm of the extraordinary.

EXCERPTS FROM TRACK

All of the animals on this train exist on Earth at this time. Some are domesticated; others populate our circuses and zoos or serve us as beasts of burden, while some remain free. Each animal in this caravan is arrested in a cage that can only become realized as a projected silhouette. As this timeless procession moves across the horizon of a frozen theater, one is left to imagine where this journey started and where it is heading.

TRACK is a video that captures both animate and inanimate projections. This silent shadow play was inspired by the paper animations of Lotte Reiniger (1899-1981) and is a celebration of early film. We embraced bricolage strategies in our making and child-like imagery that gains gravity over time.