Day for Night, 2010

Dave Dyment - Toronto, Canada

Performance Art, Sound Installation

The quintessential rock musical is slowed down from ninety minutes to twelve hours, moving at approximately three frames per second. The film is accompanied by a live string quartet, performing songs from the soundtrack at an equally glacial pace.

Dave Dyment is a Toronto-based artist whose work encompasses audio, video, performance, and writing. His editions include Fifteen Minute Fame (2009), Sgt Pepper's Extended Lonely Hearts Club Band (2008), A Drink To Us [When We're Both Dead], (2009), New Life After Fire (2003), a collaboration with Lee Ranaldo of Sonic Youth and the artist book Pop Quiz. His work has been exhibited in Chicago, Dublin, Edmonton, Halifax, London, New York, Surrey, and Bulgaria. Dyment is represented by MKG127.

Suitable for all ages