The Place Between Us, 2016 by Jason Nielsen | Still Frame from Video
The Place Between Us, 2016 by Jason Nielsen | Still Frame from Video
The Place Between Us, 2016 by Jason Nielsen | Still Frame from Video
The Place Between Us, 2016 by Jason Nielsen | Still Frame from Video
The Place Between Us, 2016 by Jason Nielsen | Still Frame from Video
Various Downtown screens
Robson & Granville Screen / CBC Plaza / VanCity Theatre / Telus Gardens Screen / Terry Fox Plaza Screen
The artwork has been removed from this location.
Civic
2016
Digital video file
Media work
No longer in place
City of Vancouver
Platforms: Coastal City 2015 - 2017
Description of work

The Place Between Us is a series of slow motion video compositions that meditate on Vancouver's unusually high levels of social isolation. Presented on multiple large scale LED video billboards throughout downtown Vancouver, complete with scrolling tickertape, the dreamlike mirror images play in sharp contrast to the bustling streets below.

Artist statement
According to surveys, Vancouverites are the least connected Canadian city dwellers and they endure unusually high levels of social isolation. I wanted to explore this fact through slow motion video, and to also include the connections that are possible in our community. My hope is that this meditative piece, contrasted with the busy streets below, will create a pause within the viewer that allows for reflection in the midst of a stressful environment, a wedge space that has the possibility to open deeper connections between us all.
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