this was a bit of a conceptual "transition" piece.. i loved the idea of having a wall of portals so to speak and i also wanted to document my old space one more time. i'm pleased with how the keyhole stairwell turned out.. this final keyhole sequence will be used in tenement+iv and is looking much better than if i'd used last years footage i think.

tenement+iv will be my first and probably only formal "short experimental flick" coming in at around 20 minutes. it has involved quite a few professional artists, musicians, paperwork and of course time. i'm already mulling over another (shorter) project i would like to develop for later on in 2009, but first's things first :)

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tenement+iv (2009) teaser 2

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Shot almost entirely in Eastern Europe, between 2005 and 2007, tenement+iv is the fourth experimental urban documentary by visual artist Leigh Anthony Dehaney. As with his gallery work, he continues to conceptually explore themes of dystopia, titansim and the nihilistic.

Many of the psychoacoustic soundscapes were initially constructed by Dehaney during 2003-2006 while attending the Alberta College of Art + Design in Canada.

credits

narration:
Linda Klementova

music written and performed by
Corey Dolen
Rodney Guitarsplat
Vladislav KlouÄek "Master G"
Brad Laner
Igi Papan

soundscapes, stills & editing
Leigh Anthony Dehaney

Artist Profile:

Canadian born Czech based artist Leigh Anthony Dehaney’s background is a mixture of fine arts and technology. After graduating from Mount Royal College, Canada with an Arts and Science Diploma Dehaney obtained his Bachelor of Science in Computer Science from the University of Calgary. In 2003 he was accepted into the Alberta College of Art + Design where he was drawn towards Media Arts & Digital Technologies. Best known for his visual work, Dehaney’s influences often include Soviet constructivist architecture, industrial ruins, painted dumpsters, vintage technology, retro futurism, apocalyptic titanism, weimar bauhaus, new objectivity, things machiavellian, and mechanical systems. Dehaney’s personal practice/gallery work often depicts portraiture within a derelict and contaminated world, much of which has been largely influenced by unmarked visits to industrial Cuba and Eastern Germany. His visual artwork and experimental videos have been exhibited and featured both locally and internationally, most notably with CBC's Arts Review (Canada), Gabrichidze Gallery (Brussels), Shufflesome (Germany), Jones Soda Co. (USA), and Fotofest (USA). Professionally Dehaney consults as a film+televison “graphics dude” through his company Dravenfield Ltd. founded in 2004. Currently he spends his free time documenting industrial/urban environments in Eastern Europe and is working on his next experimental short flick and photo series “Tenement+IV”, which he hopes to have completed by May 2009.