A project of the Helen Pitt Gallery

Michael Jones’ new installation consists of a short, narrative 16mm film projection in which the artist is cast as Police officer. Set in the Vancouver Multicultural Society’s administrative offices, Jones’ character is seen responding to a disturbance call. As he inspects the premises, the objects, artworks and publicity material associated with officially sanctioned notions of Canadian multiculturalism become the focus of his investigation. Presented alongside a series of posters and sculptures drawn from and responding to the Multicultural Society’s archives, Jones’ new work explores the complex relationship between image, otherness, authority and security.