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WINDOW 21: Christopher Lacroix & afallenhorse (March 2016)

WINNIPEG'S ONLY 24 HOUR ARTIST-RUN CENTRE PRESENTS CHRISTOPHER LACROIX & AFALLENHORSE

Location: Artspace Building, corner of Bannatyne @ Arthur [sidewalk level]

window is pleased to present our twenty-first installation, The gun in the drawer has the safety on (2016), by Christopher Lacroix & afallenhorse

Statement

The gun in the drawer has the safety on (2016) is a text/short script work that alludes to loss, intergenerational trauma, and the resulting anxiety and ignorance. The text is a script that will never be produced; a dialogue without a character that will never be performed; it is facing a black void, an audience that no longer exists. Without a character, the dialogue provokes the viewer to conjure a character fit for this particular form of loss and longing.

About the Artist

Christopher Lacroix & afallenhorse’s practice consists of video, performance, and script works that straddle performance art and acting to explore how an individual can assume, construct and perform their identity. Central to this is the artist’s own gay, white male identity and the ways it informs, is informed by, and interacts with other identities. His work often considers the notion of conditioned yet genuine performance, otherness, and desires of belonging.

The artist holds a BFA from Ryerson University (2012) and has shown at Artspace Contemporary Art Projects, Peterborough; Georgia Scherman Projects, Toronto; YTB Gallery, Toronto; and VideoFag, Toronto. He contributes to the publication “Carbon Paper” and lives in Toronto. www.afallenhorse.com --