1.0MAC Montréalhttps://macm.org/en/littleboxhttps://macm.org/en/author/littlebox/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="8xeU5ZG5HQ"><a href="https://macm.org/en/exhibitions/cyprien-gaillard/">Cyprien Gaillard</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://macm.org/en/exhibitions/cyprien-gaillard/embed/#?secret=8xeU5ZG5HQ" width="600" height="338" title="“Cyprien Gaillard” — MAC Montréal" data-secret="8xeU5ZG5HQ" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://macm.org/wp/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> https://macm.org/app/uploads/2020/02/CG_Vue-dinstallation_2.jpg20001659Nightlife is a 3D film made by artist Cyprien Gaillard using remnants of colonial history that can be seen in our contemporary landscape. This collision of sociopolitical realities gives rise to a stunningly beautiful narrative that unfolds to the accompaniment of words sung by Alton Ellis, one of the most expressive voices in the history of Jamaican music. Two versions of his song Blackman’s World are played on a loop, with the resigned refrain “I was born a loser” changing into the declaration “I was born a winner.”