{"id":6390,"date":"2018-03-20T09:49:24","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T13:49:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artthescience.com\/magazine\/?p=6390"},"modified":"2021-03-07T11:47:30","modified_gmt":"2021-03-07T16:47:30","slug":"features-screened-for","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artthescience.com\/magazine\/2018\/03\/20\/features-screened-for\/","title":{"rendered":"Features – Screened For by Elaine Whittaker"},"content":{"rendered":"

Elaine Whittaker<\/a> stares at you while you look at the rest of her face, covered with a protective mask.\u00a0Painted on each mask – some of the deadliest infectious diseases known to us – Malaria, Ebola, and HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n

Toronto-based artist Whittaker’s exhibition, Screened For<\/em>,\u00a0is a series of digital prints that feature larger-than-life portraits of Whittaker and the painted protective masks that she wears. This work has been exhibited in New York, Toronto, Seoul, Shanghai, and Australia.<\/p>\n

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Shiver, Redhead Gallery, Toronto<\/p><\/div>\n

Screened For<\/em><\/a>, in its current\u00a0digital form, is on display in the Polyfield Gallery<\/a>.\u00a0<\/span>The gallery exhibits Whittaker\u2019s work in a memory-game like grid, where each disease is discovered by hovering over the work.<\/p>\n

Whittaker also partnered with SciArtists Owen Fernley and Julia Krolik (Pixels and Plans<\/a>) to display Screened For<\/em>\u00a0on TCC subway screens\u00a0in Toronto. Their collaborative\u00a0work won the Toronto Urban Film Festival<\/a> Canadian Urbanism Award in 2016.<\/p>\n