What looks to be an idiosyncratic show will be opening at Pixel Gallery here in Toronto this Saturday. The Artillerist is an multimedia exhibition "based on the juxtaposion of guns, art and interactivity". The blurb for the show promises the following:
The exhibit features multiple audience-controlled interactive brushes - fake plastic toy guns designed by the artists - that gives audience participants the chance to take original artworks created by the artists and re-appropriate them for their own digital painting experience... As visitors 'point, shoot and paint' on the canvases, the graphics projected will animate, and interact with the paintings of other visitors around the gallery, creating a series of evolving art that immerse the audience in an open and collaborative way.
Visitors/participants will also have an opportunity to output an 11X17 print of their composition. Participating artists include: Derrik Hodgson, Mikey Richardson, Neil Collyer, Christian Toth - Sectr, Ree Treweek, Popdis, Saran, Bram Timmer - Beside, Alex & Felix Wittholz - Helios Design Labs, Janice Kun, Eepmon and Randy Knott (whose work is pictured above).
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The opening party starts at 7pm on Saturday at Pixel's Kensington Market location and will feature music by DJ's Brandon Hocura and Tom Kuo. Check out http://pixelgallery.org/ for more information about the show.
