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ABOUT THE SHOW

Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain is pleased to present Naomi Cook’s first solo exhibition in Toronto: Allegory Algorithm. This exhibition addresses different modes of data visualization used by the artist as allegories for current socio-political events. In turn, these works are complemented by more classical allegorical drawings that speak to the movement and fluctuation of data-driven environments.

This exhibition is comprised of three elements: The BATS stock exchange visualization, the Pianola Project, and the Forms drawing series. The BATS stock exchange visualization is a set of drawings accompanying a six minute hand-drawn video mapping the drop in value of a stock affected by high-frequency trading algorithms. Each second of the video shows three milliseconds of the original stock data. The Pianola Project is based on a player piano scroll of Pete Wendling’s song “Hesitation Blues”. This was used as a template to transfer the placement of notes onto a 4 x 18 ft roll of paper, embellishing the original in a fractal-inspired way influenced by Benoit Mandelbrot’s theory of noise and disturbance. The Forms series uses many of the stylistic similarities in Cook’s data processing and visualization to depict ambiguous human forms in bizarre yet classical poses, as if cast from a mould of manipulated data.

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Naomi Cook is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Montreal. Cook’s technique stems from interests in engravings, sound, and visual representations of data. In 2005 she founded Red Bird Gallery and Studios in Montreal, working as director and curator until 2010. She subsequently relocated to Berlin, collaborating on projects and proposals including an immersive architectural work. Her work was featured in several group exhibitions in Montreal and abroad, online as a frequent contributor to GIF LORDS, and in the 2014 edition of POP Montreal. Most recently her works were selected by Canadian Art Magazine as favourites of the 2015 edition of PAPIER Art Fair.

The Gallery thanks SODEC for its support.

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WORKS

BATS-2012-03-23 2015 HD video 6:20 min

Pianola 2013 ink on paper 122 x 548.5 cm. (4' x 18')

Midi Sketch 2.5,4.5,6.5,8.5,10.5  2014 ink on paper, mp3 28 x 21.5 cm. (11" x 8.5")		Midi Sketch 4,5,6,6.5,7,8 2014 ink on paper, mp3 28 x 21.5 cm. (11" x 8.5")		Midi Sketch 3.5,4.5,5.5,8 2014 ink on paper mp3 28 x 21.5 cm. (11" x 8.5")

Form XXIV 2014 ink on paper 66 x 86.5 cm (26" x 34")		Form XXV 2014 ink on paper 66 x 86.5 cm (26" x 34")		meatus acusticus internus / acoustic_canal_22s.wav 2014 copper etching 31 x 42 cm. (12.25" x 16.5") ed. 12

Form XXVIII 2015 ink on paper 86 .5x 66 cm (34" x 26")		Dollar Bill 2015 ink on paper 29.25 x 42 cm. (11.5" x 11")		BATS_2012-03-23 time lapse 2015 ink on paper 28 x 21.5 cm. (11" x 8.5") ed. 3

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LINKS

- Naomi Cook's artist website
- Canadian Art, "Must-Sees This Week: August 6 to 12, 2015" , Canadian Art, August 6, 2015

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ARTIST'S C.V.

click here to download the Naomi Cook's recent C.V.