Swing Stage - 2011

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Wood, steel chain, vinyl, plexiglass and video projection
Duration: 5 minutes, 8 seconds, stereo audio
Dimensions: 3 x 7.2 x 4.7 m - platform

A platform suspended just above the floor by chains that mimic the
exposed metal roof trusses. The viewer is invited to step up onto the reflective
black stage to see a video projected on a plexiglass circle. 

Exhibition History:
2011 'Swing Stage' Olga Korper Gallery, Koffler Gallery Offsite Project (Toronto)

Etienne Turpin: "Lyla Rye" (catalogue) Toronto: Koffler Gallery, 2011
Terence Dick: "Lyla Rye at Olga Korper". Akimblog. July 19, 2011
Leah Sandals: "At The Galleries", National Post. July 30, 2011
Manori Ravindran: "Big Suspenders", National Post. August 5, 2011
Catherine Osborne: "High Art", Azure Magazine Online. August 2, 2011
Tess Edmonson: "Lyla Rye: A Platform for Ideas", Canadian Art Online. August 11, 2011