New Media: Catherine Ross: Laugh Track

Still From Laugh Track
A still from Catherine Ross’s Laugh Track.

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION

New Media: Catherine Ross: Laugh Track

William L. and Bette Batchelor Gallery

New Media artist Catherine Ross frames instances on video that often go unnoticed in their original context. Isolating the movements of humans and/or objects, her videos create new sequences that reveal an inseparable relationship between motion and sound. In Laugh Track (2013), she recontectualizes film clips of both men and women laughing. The result is a mini overture in which laughter reveals an inherent awkwardness, a humor that echoes our own vulnerabilities. Catherine Ross’s video works have been presented in exhibitions and festivals internationally, including venues in Brazil, Finland, France, Ireland, England, Canada and the United States. She was award” at the 2006 Darklight Festival (Dublin, Ireland).