Jamie Drouin

The photographic works of Canadian sound and visual artist Jamie Drouin (b.1970) examine how specificity of place is determined by interpretation of individual perception, as much as by factual elements. Drouin's prints function as brief visual phrases which, when combined in series, illustrate the photographs fluid nature in depicting and defining a landscape.

Drouin's installations and site-specific performances have been presented worldwide, including the Biennial of the Americas (Denver), Montréal Museum of Contemporary Art (Montreal), TodaysArt (The Hague), Henry Art Gallery (Seattle), Leica Gallery (Tokyo), La Société de Curiosités (Paris), General Public (Berlin), and Mutek (Montreal). He is also the co-founder and curator of Infrequency Editions publishing editions of minimalist experimental sound works.

Tracings, Untitled

Drouin's intimate pictorial spaces depict the macroscopic intersections of landscape within urban environments. The tiny, fragile prints turn the flotsam and jetsam of urban living into constructions as mysterious and visceral as a crime scene photograph. Extending upon the idea of Tracings, Drouin interrupts the transparency of the photographic window by altering the surface of the print. The scratches, folds and cracks mimic the markings upon the landscape but also refer to the utilitarian uses of photography as evidence or as reference, like a map.
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Microforming

Studio-based imitations of electron microscope imagery made using plant matter and ink suspended in water.
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Untitled, 2003

print 1 of 5.
pigment print on fibre paper, image size; 9"x13"

This untitled print is pulled from a larger body of work titled Folding Shadows, originally exhibited in it's entirety at Leica Gallery Tokyo in 2003. The series is intentionally designed to appear as a collection of fragmented film stills, as if our attention has been momentarily drawn to details along the frame edges. Folding Shadows works as an open narrative, developing new story lines through the random re-sequencing of the images in either exhibition or book formats. Observed as single images, we are left with enigmatic compositions steeped in cinematic symbolism.

Print sales & artist inquiries can be directed to Diana Millar diana@luzgallery.com

View artist website: http://www.jamiedrouin.com