Handicap and History, Colour T.V. & You

Description:

Elizabeth Chitty presented two solo works at the Vancouver Art Gallery that combined slides, live action, and audiotape. 

Handicap (1980) is a performance piece that uses perception and personal ethics as source material, and is structured with both clinical data and fictional narrative. Marking a departure from Chitty’s past works in video/performance, Handicap uses slide projection both as image and light source. The audio is comprised of recorded and live spoken text, and “Arbeitverbot,” by Andy Paterson, which was commissioned for the work.

In History, Colour T.V. & You Chitty performs alongside a video projection to explore the relationship between communication, memory, and technology.