WESTERN FRONT – Entrophy

Description:

Entrophy was a performance by Terry Larkin and Alan Storey that was presented outside of the new BC Place stadium in downtown Vancouver. The artists constructed an army tank out of wood, complete with tractor treads and a swivel turret, that emitted smoke. A structure resembling a human-scale hamster wheel attached to the rear of the vehicle powered a slide projector that beamed images onto the surface of living room furniture arranged against an exterior wall of the stadium.

Seen in black and white, a mechanical structure made of wooden planks is pushed by a person in a black suit. The structure includes road wheels on a continuous track with a large windmill-like wheel in the back. Its front is covered by a dark sheet and a small lens. In the background, a crowd stands.

Seen in black and white, a mechanical structure made of wooden planks is motorized by a person walking in a large hamster wheel attached to the back. The structure includes four roadwheels and a continuous track on the bottom, and several planks holding up a dark sheet and a camera lens in the front. In the background stands a crowd of people looking at the moving person.

Seen in black and white, a crowd of people watches as a mechanical structure is lit from within, outlining a person’s body within the lens of a large camera obscura. The structure stands on four roadwheels with a continuous track. The structure stands outside with high buildings lit up in the night sky.

Seen in black and white, a night’s fog reveals a large camera obscura, its lens facing the camera, standing on four roadwheels and a continuous track made of wooden planks. A crowd of people watch from the right, and the background is lit with apartment building lights.

Seen in black and white, two people stand in front of a large mechanical structure, replicating a camera obscura with a fan-like, open lens, standing above human height. In the structure’s back is attached a hamster wheel-like structure, and the front is covered by a black sheet and a small lens.

Captions:

Terry Larkin and Alan Storey, Entrophy (1983), photo documentation, Dec 15, 1984.
Terry Larkin and Alan Storey, Entrophy (1983), photo documentation, Dec 15, 1984.
Terry Larkin and Alan Storey, Entrophy (1983), photo documentation, Dec 15, 1984.
Terry Larkin and Alan Storey, Entrophy (1983), photo documentation, Dec 15, 1984.
Terry Larkin and Alan Storey, Entrophy (1983), photo documentation, Dec 15, 1984.
Terry Larkin and Alan Storey, Entrophy (1983), photo documentation, Dec 15, 1984.

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