Angela Bulloch

Angela Bulloch’s practice first came to prominence in the 1990s with interactive sculptural work, including lamps that dimmed or brightened in the presence of a viewer and “drawing machines” that were triggered by a viewer’s touch, sound, or movement. Employing relatively simple technology, Bulloch achieved effects that were both humorous and unsettling.

Since 2000, she has been creating increasingly ambitious installations based on the “pixel box,” an innovative sculptural unit that combines a minimalist cube with a programmable light system capable of almost seventeen million colour permutations. Arranged in stacks or rows, the boxes produce a sequence of changing colours and rhythms, creating space-altering environments that captivate viewers and are conceptually rigorous and incredibly beautiful.

Often programmed to duplicate scenes from emblematic films like Antonioni’s Blow-Up, and, more recently, designed to pulse in a variegated, open-ended fashion, these works explore the ways in which we perceive and interpret different types of information, whether related to art, cinema, music, or other forms of contemporary culture.

This is the first comprehensive presentation of Angela Bulloch’s work in Canada. Born in Rainy River, Canada in 1966, Angela Bulloch has exhibited extensively in Europe and internationally.

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Angela Bulloch