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Iron Horses: The Video
The installation was for EXPERIMENTA, Australia’s First National Exhibition of Art, Film and Video, presented by Modern Image Makers (MIMA) in November 1988.
A significant survey of the work of moving image artists at the time, it was staged across several venues in the city, included a series of live performances as well as screenings and was accompanied by an impressive catalogue that included essays by Adrian Martin, Fiona Mackie, Arthur Cantrill, Ross Gibson, …
“This tape was completed after Mike and Hoppy arrived, by coincidence, at a rally in Trafalgar Square organised by the Chile Solidarity Campaign (Chile Lucha) in September 1974. This was the first anniversary of the military coup that had overthrown Salvador AllendeÌs popular government in Chile, with the active involvement of the USA government.
The tape intercuts interviews with refugees and activists from the movement with the speeches and music made during the rally. …
“The tape, is the residue of an insert edit strategy conducted over the duration of the installation, possibly a Saturday and a Sunday. The view is from the windows of the Serpentine Gallery on the east side towards the road running through Hyde Park. The strategy involved accumulating different recording-time periods: the first recording was one hour long, the second inserted from 5 mins in to 55 mins in, etc. all according to the previous. …