Human Sweat Generator , 2013

Warren Quigley - Ridgeway, Canada

Interactive Installation

Imagine, a time when the source of cheap energy is exhausted, an end of the great machine age. On the bed of a (tractor) trailer this float contains machines of the future, fundamental and modest in their construction and scope. These machines are dependent on human muscle to  produce electricity.

The human- generated electricity will power a multitude of devices, lighting systems, sound systems and projection systems. There will be lit signage, broadcast sound, and projected film. The content of the narrative will be comprised of collected quotes, emergency sirens, original compositions for trumpet, and remembered conversations.

Borrowing from the Theatre of the Absurd, a sensible/nonsensical, but mainly truthful, narrative to disrupt the flow of spectacle will be presented.

Warren Quigley has exhibited across Canada, USA, China, and in France, Brazil, and Japan. His current projects include Office for Future Modification with Millie Chen at Where Where in Beijing, and Wanna be my Survival Buddy at the Tree Museum in Ontario, the Artists Survival Guide & kit for exhibitions at Wharf, Centre d'art contemporain de Basse-Normandie, France, Beyond/In Buffalo, Contemporary Art Institute of Detroit, and Convenience Gallery, Toronto, and is being commissioned for new works at Artfarms in Buffalo for 2013.

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70

Queens Park Crescent East & Wellesley Street West

This project is outdoors.