DIORAMA

Diorama observes the changing shape and function of the first form of virtual reality, the museum diorama. One strand follows the story of a fisher looking for fur-bearing trout, while the other side, recreates the fishers event into a contemporary multimedia diorama. " It is a fable about past and present concepts of media and mise-en-scène, wherein the turn-of-the-century diorama is revived as a retro joke, by two people conversing in screen captures. Diorama is a story about the secret life of artefacts, [in the classical sense but also in new terms; a digital artefact is a glitch]... As writer Rosa Menkman explains, the power of glitch is about the failure of the medium to disappear; glitches reveal the existence and artificial nature of the carrying system, [similar to how dioramas operate]. " - Louise Milne on Diorama Produced from residency at the Banff Centre, Canada Thanks to support by the Canadian Friends of Scotland and Creative Scotland.