Though their wit will be too dry for many observers, these works make statements as elegantly as haute-couture clothes. A TV set shows swirling coloured balls that are echoed in a picture on the wall. The decor is as cold as those fast-food franchises of the '70s. Regrettably, it does not. The white outlines of buildings and streets are diffuse, drowning in blackness.
Objects verge on abstraction.
Watch out for the big city - even buildings lose their identity here. Also at MAI Gallery, Vancouver artist Rand Berthaudin explores time and space with two videos on opposing big screens in a dark empty space. Ask where the train is going - now that's a different matter. 3680 Jeanne Mance St., until May 12. Recommend this article to a friend.