Thresholds, Not Stages
The Portals are a series of immersive film-installation works that translate the Haus myth into embodied passage. Born with Triangle: Ascension Into Another Golden Age (2014), these walk-through environments use wind, light, vibration, scent, and quadraphonic sound to create thresholds rather than stages. They are made of ephemeral materials — film, mirror, fabric, breath — and they insist that visitors become performers by the very act of moving.
Overlapping projections create liminality; wind and vibration recalibrate attention; irregular musical rhythms open a viewer's capacity to drift. The Portals acted as a bridge between the Haus of Dada mythology and the later spiritual expanses of Intangible Adorations.
“They are made of ephemeral materials — film, mirror, fabric, breath — and they insist that visitors become performers by the very act of moving.”
Works & Fragments
A Taste of Triangle, March 2014. Moniker Gallery, A Group Show: Spitting Image. A three-projector stack Time Travel Corner Portal and Mama Dada's Black and White Short Film. Mama in Ancient Egypt (2014/1914).
Triangle Walk Through Portals, 2014. Commissioned by Roncy Rocks Festival. Wind and light-based Time Travel Portals at Video Art Decor. Curated by Veronika Michalczak. Funded by The Roncesvalles BIA and Tim Hortons.
Triangle: Ascension into Another Golden Age, October 4, 2014. Walk Through Portals for Nuit Blanche at The Black Cat Artspace, curated by Andrew Williamson. Supported by Forever Epic Films. Portal Host is The Übermarionette. Funded by Partners in Art, the Neighbourhood Arts Network and Haus of Dada.
Triangle: Projection Womb, 2014/15. Various events at The Belljar Gallery and Cafe. Seven Projector Stack Visuals by Haus of Dada for VonLiptov, featuring local DJs.