Jesper Just photo exhibition heightens senses

Sometimes its not in the words when the images say it all. The Jesper Just photographic exhibition wrapped up this past Saturday at Concordia’s Leonard and Bina Ellen Art Gallery. Audrey Folliot was there to take it all in.

Without words, sight and hearing feel heightened. Jesper Just’s short silent films sucked viewers in, causing the messages to penetrate the tip of the conscience.

Cathy Matovu says that dialogue-less movies help the viewer get a deeper understanding of the message the artist is trying to portray.

“I feel that if there were words, it would kind of like disable people from actually thinking about the issues, like having their own sort of opinion about it.”

Just’s first solo exhibition was called “Nomads in one’s own mind.”

It was part of a month-long photo and art festival in Montreal.

Christopher Talbot is a fan of Just’s work.

He says the music in the silent films add to the intensity and meaning of the art.

“I think it works for what he wants to do, he does definitely have this sort of classic element in all his films, even though they’re really weird, that the music does sort of make it more accessible, and maybe easier to understand.”

Jesper Just’s next exhibition will take place in November 2011 at Mongin Art Center in Korea.

Information on his work can be found on his website at www.jesperjust.com.

Audrey Folliot, CJLO News