‘1986 – after all the words and images – this is what’s left. A fragment found on a wasteland somewhere in Britain.’
Looking back, this work was a response to – amongst other things – the continued laying to waste of the country’s industrial heartlands >> a sense of lost energy >> the climate of the country after the Miners Strike >>the bombing of Libya by the USA >>a reflection on the aftermath of the Chernobyl disaster, …
‘The Cover Up’ takes the form of an improvised diatribe spread over several years of Conservative Party rule, by a member of this country’s ‘underlying trend’. In addressing a number of subjects and events that evolved over the period – unemployment, unions, the role of art making, unemployment, civil defence, economic policy, unemployment, Iran, Hysel, Chernobyl, bureaucracy, hypocracy, unemployment… – the tape takes two differing styles, an un-coordinated rant across a range of issues by a man wandering King Leah-like through a desolate factory site and the interjection of a sophisticated ‘voice of reason’ …
Card for ‘Dickler’s Whammy’, ICA, 5th July 1986. pdf here
‘Alternative Television – contemporary video artists presenting their own work’. A selection of videotapes presented by the artists at the Northampton Arts Centre January 1984. Including Hartney’s work ‘Dickler’s Whammy’.pdf here
Programme of screenings including work by Hartney during The 1984 Ottawa International Festival of Video Art – Curated by Bruce Ferguson, SAW gallery.pdf here …
‘Reservoir’ exhibition catalogue, Mike O’Pray, John Hansard Gallery, 1993. pdf here
Poster for ‘The garden of Earthly Delights’, The Cinematheque ICA, 1993. pdf here
Catalogue for ‘Abstract Still Life portrait’ commissioned by Kettle’s Yard and featuring Judith Goddard, Katharine Meynell and Monika Oechsler, 1992. pdf here …
‘Video vis a vis Video – A Camden based perspective of contemporary video work’. Brochure promoting ‘The National Video Wall Project in Camden’, The Diorama, 2 6/11/89 – 03/12/90. Includes the work ‘Silver Lining’.pdf here
Publication Ò Judith Goddard, Katharine Meynell, Monika Oechsler ‘Abstract Still Life PortraitÌ Ò 3 video installations commissioned by KettleÌs Yard, 1992.pdf here …
‘Video vis a vis Video – A Camden based perspective of contemporary video work’. Brochure promoting ‘The National Video Wall Project in Camden’. An exhibition featuring new and commissioned works for the videowall at The Dirama, 2 6/11/89 – 03/12/89, including the work ‘Moonrise’.pdf here
‘Video Wall’, Video Positive programme, Tate Liverpool, 14th February 1989.pdf here
Catalogue for ‘Abstract Still Life portrait’ commissioned by Kettle’s Yard and featuring Judith Goddard, …
Electric Eyes – brochure detailing prominent video artists of the eighties, their work and video screenings in Vienna, 22 – 25 November 1989, London Video Access and Film and Video Umbrella Touring Programme. Includes the work ‘Medusa’. pdf here
Electric Eyes – screening times for featured videos in Vienna, 22 – 25 November 1989, London Video Access and Film and Video Umbrella Touring Programme. Includes the work ‘Medusa’. pdf here
‘The Television Workshop’, …
Photographs of ‘Streamline’ 1991. Exhibited in Liverpool and commissioned by Blue Coat, New Art North West.pdf here
Photographs of the production of ‘Streamline’ 1991, and the final work exhibited in Liverpool and commissioned by Blue Coat, New Art North West.pdf here
Biography of C.M.A and exhibition information for the work ‘Streamline’ exhibited at Mercury Court, Tithebarn Street, Liverpool, 12 – 30 August 1991.pdf here
Article on Vortex, …
