Self-Inflicted Loneliness is a single-channel video installation in which Nicholas Murray uses light and sound to articulate a condition of deliberate isolation. Created following the artist’s transition from fifteen years within a collaborative artist community to a period of self-imposed withdrawal, the work moves away from narrative in favour of sensory construction.
Light emerges and recedes with measured intention, while sound operates as a temporal marker rather than accompaniment. Together, these elements form a controlled perceptual environment in which solitude is presented not as absence, but as an active and conscious state. The installation invites viewers to consider isolation as spatial and durational—shaped by rhythm, restraint, and attention.
Born in Barbados and based in Toronto, Murray is a new media artist, composer, producer, and sound designer. A founding member of the electronic duo LAL, his practice spans experimental sound, video, and time-based media.
On view from February 14 to April 2, 2026.
Supported by the Canadian Council for the Arts, Toronto Arts Council, Ontario Arts Council and the Government of Ontario.
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