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Catherine Sullivan, Triangle of Need

by SecretsAdmin   ::   posted on Aug. 26, 2007 - 11:00pm

Catherine Sullivan, erstwhile dorm-mate of local dancer Dylan Skybrook (who collaborated on this show), now fields world-wide commissions to make her critically acclaimed video installations and films. For Triangle of Need, her latest project, Sullivan produced eight different works for simultaneous projection.

At the heart of these disparate strands of images are three locations: the Vizcaya Mansion, a Florida palace of excess built by the industrialist James Deering; a Chicago tenement that represents the dwellings of Deering’s workers; and an ice rink where the extraordinary local skater Rohene Ward dances to a reading of Baudelaire’s beautiful poem "Invitation to the Voyage." It’s impossible to explain much about this eccentric and amazing work, but do plan on spending an hour or so in the gallery. Advance research into Neanderthals and their supposed language, Mousterian, will only enhance the experience. 612-375-7600; www.walkerart.org