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Commander in Chief
Valie Export
A pioneer in film, video and installation art, VALIE EXPORT has produced one of the most significant bodies of feminist art in the post-war period. Her groundbreaking films and performances in the 1960s and 1970s introduced a new form of radical, embodied feminism to Europe, examining the politics of the body in relation to its environment, culture and society. The multi-disciplinary nature of EXPORT’s ‘Expanded Cinema’ practice and use of her own body as an artistic medium positions her as one of the earliest performance artists alongside Joseph Beuys and Allan Kaprow. …
Chimera (1999)
This is a single-channel version of the installation Chimera first exhibited at the Society of Scottish Artists, Annual Exhibition, Royal Academy Building, Edinburgh, 1998. It is the first manifestation of a collaborative programme initiated in 1997 between the two artists, bringing together experience and ideas from still and moving image-making.
Within a sexually differentiating society all our experiences are shaped to a greater or lesser extent by socially determined gender positions.
The body of a woman is colonised, …
Chimera (1998 – Installation)
An installation by Elaine Shemilt and Stephen Partridge. A 4 projector installation onto Latex – joint work with Elaine Shemilt- originally shown at the SSA (Scottish Society of Artists) Annual Exhibition 1998 at the Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh, October 1998. Winner of the ADOBE SYSTEMS EUROPE Prize.
Context. – Within a sexually differentiating society all our experiences are shaped to a greater or lesser extent by socially determined gender positions.The body of a woman is colonised, …
Insect
Against a background of large furry moths, Lei gains four extra arms and puts himself in the wardrobe of some Kafkaesque nightmare. – LUX …
Skies over FlowerField
At the time of its inception, FlowerField was a part of Lei Cox’s Ultra Reality Series, which explored ecology and the impact of human beings on the planet. The interactive element of the original piece sarcastically criticised mankind’s control over its environment. The animation was created in a blue-screen studio, using clay-mation techniques, and assembled with a Quantel Harriet – released in 1990, this allowed for the manipulation of live graphics over video. …
Home is Where the Art Is
” Hall’s critique of broadcast TV was picked up by several artists, notably, but more ambiguously (and humorously), by the sculptor/performer/video artist Kevin Atherton (b.1950). In Home is Where the Art Is (1976) he describes in voice -over the domestic space in which his TV resides and in which the work is being shot, while the camera focuses on him drawing its layout on his naked chest. Once these Various descriptions have been completed, he holds up a mirror so the reflected real space replaces the drawing, …
Postcard
Performance video satirising the notion of holiday romance featuring a variety of postcards and postcard inspired imagery to the accompaniment of Latin American music. …
Moving
Between the Lines
2 Monitor Installation …