Chapter 4: Introduction to “n-Land: the holographic (principle)” by Jol Thoms

Speaker 0 00:00:00 Chapter four introduction to end land the holographic principle by Joel Toms. This chapter will provide you with an introduction to Joel Tom's installation and land. The holographic principle. The chapter is two minutes and 33 seconds long curator, sunny curves commentary about the artwork can be found in chapter 11 or as a printed label on the wall, Speaker 1 00:00:25 Because there are so many components to this installation and land. The holographic principle can almost be described as a mini exhibition within the main exhibition. It takes up a third of the main gallery space in the middle of the long arm of the L in a space that is about 20 feet long by 31 feet wide. Most of the space has a ceiling that is eight feet tall, but it opens up to ceilings that are 19 feet tall. These art objects were created using imagery and materials from Joel's residency at snow lab. In this audio description tour, we examine four parts of a hole. The first is his video work and land, which plays on a large flat screen TV on the gallery wall. The second and third are a submarine bedrock compilation map from Canada's geological survey and a copy of the Huron Robertson treaty, which are both framed and hung on the gallery wall. Speaker 1 00:01:20 The fourth is an angle sculpture made of slotted steel, which hangs from the 19 foot ceiling three feet from the ground. The sculpture is approximately four feet by four feet by four feet and weighs 183 pounds. That's big. There are also many small sculptures made of rock and brass set on the wood floor. Photographs of free D rented laboratory spaces and a white desk with a computer monitor and binders of documents. The computer screen plays video with images and data from the snow plus experiment on neutrino detector at snow lab, the artist was inspired by a strategy from theoretical physics, a way of thinking called holographic and uses it to play with multiple dimensions. As he says, I am interested in environmental studies and in physics and in the histories and philosophies of the unknown in his multifaceted work in the exhibition, he has found multiple ways to represent how we understand and examine a place. He wants us to remember that snow lab and the experiments done by the scientists within it exists within a larger context of vast cosmic, geological and human timescales. Speaker 0 00:02:41 Now let's explore a few of the components and inland the holographic principle. Please pause the recording and move to the next stop on the tour and play chapter five. When you arrive, this stop is straight ahead. 10 meters from the pedestal.