{"id":25256,"date":"2022-02-28T11:33:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T16:33:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hexagram.ca\/slow-track-elektra\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T11:54:49","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T16:54:49","slug":"slow-track-elektra","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hexagram.ca\/en\/slow-track-elektra\/","title":{"rendered":"Slow Track"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Timothy Thomasson<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>March 10 to April 16, 2022<\/strong><br>Hours : Tuesday to Saturday, 12-5 p.m.<br>Opening : Thursday, March 10, 12-5 p.m.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>ELEKTRA<\/strong> <strong>Gallery<\/strong><br>5445 de Gasp\u00e9 avenue<br>#104, Montr\u00e9al<br><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/y6Z2JszxbC9BfDes9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><a href=\"https:\/\/maps.app.goo.gl\/y6Z2JszxbC9BfDes9\">Direction<\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Slow Track<\/em> is a computer-generated video which restrains the limitless visual possibilities found in current computer animation technologies. With the intention of questioning the structural and aesthetic nature of the virtual image, <em>Slow Track <\/em>forgoes the excess, speed, surrealism, sci-fi, and fantasy commonly associated with computer-generated imagery. The work deploys a hyperrealistic, slow, gentle, and possibly mundane image which is wary of the software that produces it. The spotless, sterile virtual spaces commonly rendered in architectural visualizations are replaced here by spaces with dust, dirt, and clutter. Although rendered to approach photorealistic image quality, the images on screen have no real-world bearing. They are generated fully with a computer whose production amounts to thousands of silent \u2018image files\u2019. &nbsp;There is no blowing wind, and the places depicted are nowhere in particular.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rather than a CG image that seduces us with excess, this is one which asks for patience. On screen, the digital perspective slowly moves backwards, then forward, oscillating between two fixed positions while traversing newly emerging environments. Attention seems to linger on mundane objects: a scratched can, a bathroom stall, or leaves blowing in the wind. The animation unravels slowly. Things are left unexplained, and there is a focus on static or slowly moving frames. The sound in the work plays with the audio conventions associated with computer games, motion graphics, and advertisements\u2014constantly reminding the viewer of the artificiality of these images.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Timothy Thomasson is a student member and a recipient of the Hexagram-ELEKTRA project call (2021). He is currently pursuing a master\u2019s degree in Design and Computation Arts at Concordia University.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-layout-1 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.elektramontreal.ca\/timothy-thomasson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Learn More<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>About the Hexagram-Elektra Call for Projects<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The partnership between the Hexagram Network and ELEKTRA aims to encourage exchanges between practice-based and academic communities. 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