Authorized Personnel Only is a ho-hum title for this gee-whiz, how’d-she-do-that? show by Daniela Repas. The latest in Chambers’ seemingly unending run of knockout conceptual shows, Repas’ installation begins with ink-and-charcoal drawings on three paper screens. Simple enough, but here’s where the real fun begins: Three projectors on the floor throw animated scenes onto the drawings, the projected images placed precisely within the drawings’ contours, making the figures appear to move. It’s like a life-sized stop-motion-animated cartoon. Disjointed, disconcerting and utterly magnetic, the effect is heightened by Todd Tawd’s eerie soundtrack, which combines ambient sound, stringed instruments and voice-over narration in different languages. The installation chronicles the Bosnian-born Repas’ assimilation into Western European and American culture. With sensitivity and finesse, it distills the poignance and joy of leaving one world behind to discover another. Through Feb. 25.

 

Where: Chambers @ 916
Phone: 227-9398
Address: 916 NW Flanders St.
Website: http://www.chambersgallery.com