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FEELING THE PRESSURE
• Friday 4th May - Saturday 6th June 2012
• Rhyl Museum, Wales
WORK SELECTED: City Distortions, video installation by Jaykoe.
CITY DISTORTIONS ::
:: ENGLISH
City Distortions is part of an ongoing investigation around power-hungry global cities and the environment. The mirrored footage suggests an uninhabitable city – a flooded metropolis – a reflection on the ever-impending threat of climate change.
The work stems from a fascination with the centres we construct, the forms they take and what they reveal about us, at a time when more than half of the world's population live in cities, a proportion that is expected to rise to three quarters by 2050.
The foundation of Jaykoe's practice is drawing and tracing movements in city space, encompassing a range of processes to sample and form interventions.
The soundtrack composition, and improvisation on the live audio-visual remix version of the piece, is performed by Leon Michener.
:: WELSH
Mae City Distortions yn rhan o archwiliad parhaus yn ymdrin â dinasoedd byd-eang sy’n llyncu pŵer, a’r amgylchedd. Mae’r ffilm yn awgrymu dinas anghyfaneddol – metropolis wedi dioddef llifogydd – synfyfyriad ar fygythiad di-ddiwedd newid yn yr hinsawdd.
Mae’r gwaith yn deillio o gyfaredd gyda’r canolfannau y mae dynion yn eu hadeiladu, y ffurfiau maent yn eu cymryd a’r hyn y maent yn ei ddangos amdanom ni, ar adeg pan fo mwy na hanner poblogaeth y byd yn byw mewn dinasoedd, cyfran y disgwylir y bydd yn codi i dri chwarter erbyn 2050.
Sylfaen gwaith Jaykoe yw darlunio ac olrhain symudiadau mewn dinasoedd, gan gynnwys ystod o brosesau i samplo a ffurfio ymyraethau.
Mae cyfansoddiad y trac sain, a’r perfformiad byrfyfyr ar fersiwn ailgymysgiad clyweledol byw y darn yn cael ei berfformio gan Leon Michener.
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City Distortions 1
2010
C-Type Fuji Pearl Metallic print mounted on acrylic
Height: 10 cm Width: 14 cm Depth: 2 cm
Edition of 3 ( + 2 Artist's Proofs )
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City Distortions 22
2010
C-Type Fuji Pearl Metallic print mounted on acrylic
Height: 10 cm Width: 14 cm Depth: 2 cm
Edition of 3 ( + 2 Artist's Proofs )
A limited edition print from this project can be viewed here: EDITIONS
 
All the best :: studio@jaykoe.com
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