Two visits to the middle of what seemed to be nowhere, and I ended up finally finding my destination. The Marshall McLuhan building featured an installation on the reconstruction of the media master’s presence – “Through the Vanishing Point”. Better said, not in my words:

From 1963 until his death in 1980, McLuhan conducted his groundbreaking research on the nature of communication, media and technology at this site, which is commonly known as the Coach House. Presenting two separate but complementary works, the artists visually and aurally reconstruct McLuhan’s presence here. Rokeby’s installation maps archival photographs and video into the space of the seminar room. Kaye’s on-site and podcast sound compositions use archival recordings to animate the history and aurality of the building. Working with McLuhan’s ideas about acoustic and visual space, the artists recreate the atmosphere of his Monday night seminars.

 

Lewis Kaye has a longstanding fascination with interplay of sound, space, and technology. His solo work often explores the aurality of everyday spaces, and he has contributed soundscape compositions to video, installations and performance projects. He recently completed a Ph.D. in Communication and Culture at York University in Toronto, where he currently resides.

The result? Something that was worth a quick watch, but difficult to make out in the day and through the external factors of weather and company when viewing. Makes sense? Harsh? Truth. Good check point though.