Catalogue for Biddick Farm Artists Video 1977 pdf here
“Of the origins of In the Mind’s Eye (1977) she (Tamara Krikorian) wrote:
“I thought about ways of approaching formalism through some sort of restricted narrative, and I used Rimbald’s poem ‘In Winter’ [describing a railway journey] as the structure of the work, while retaining obvious self-referral devices…concerned with the perception of video/TV per se.’
We hear her read the poem in French, …
“In Unassembled Information (1977) the screen is dominated by the back of her head, past which can be glimpsed fragments of her face in the small mirror she is holding, while a radio is playing. Thus she negated the elaborately constructed image of the TV presenter; with the radio a reminder of importance of the spectator’s imagination, so rarley addressed by television.”
David Curtis, A History of Artists’ Film and Video in Britain. British Film Institute, …
“Vanitas came after seeing a French painting attributed to Nicolas Tournier at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, An Allegory of Justice and Vanity . Vanitas is a self-portrait of the artist and at the same time an allegory of the ephemeral nature of television.’ – Tamara Krikorian 1978
Above statement written by the artist on Vanitas, single-screen installation.
Vanitas installed at the REWIND Soft Launch 2006
Restaged for the REWIND Soft Launch at DCA, …
Private view card for the exhbition ‘Tamara Krikorian, The heart of the illusion’, LVA at AIR 12-18 June 1981.pdf here
‘Tamara Krikorian Video Artists on Tour’, leaflet detailing Krikorian’s recent works and practice. Includes information on ‘The heart of the illusion’.pdf here
Leaflet advertising ‘The heart of the illusion: Landscape, still life and self-portrait. Tamara Krikorian Installation for three video monitors and mirrors’. IKON gallery, …
‘Tamara Krikorian Video Artists on Tour’, leaflet detailing Krikorian’s recent works and practice. Includes information on ‘Time revealing truth’.pdf here
Leaflet detailing information on the artist and recent works, including ‘Time revealing truth’.pdf here
Brochure/programme for the Video Installation Show 1983 Air Gallery, includes information on ‘Time Revealing Truth’.pdf here
Stills from the installation ‘Time Revealing Truth’.pdf here …
Leaflet detailing information on the artist and recent works, including ‘The Question Is’.pdf here …
Continue reading “The Question is… Is this art? Is this entertainment?”
‘Videotapes by British Artists – Galleria del cavallino, san marco 1725 venezia’, a programme of videotapes and installations, 1977. Includes information on ‘Interruptions’.pdf here …
‘Breeze’ and ‘Disintegrating Forms’ were both designed as multi-screen installations. Breeze consists of four TV monitors placed side by side, showing four different shots of water, the camera being placed and allowed to run for ten minutes in each case. Tapes 2 and 3 are shown here. Close up shots of water appear to relate to the surface of the screen, giving the illusion of a TV set containing water. In 2, rapid movements of the water relates to the scan line. …
‘Breeze’ and ‘Disintegrating Forms’ were both designed as multi-screen installations. Breeze consists of four TV monitors placed side by side, showing four different shots of water, the camera being placed and allowed to run for ten minutes in each case. Tapes 2 and 3 are shown here. Close up shots of water appear to relate to the surface of the screen, giving the illusion of a TV set containing water. In 2, rapid movements of the water relates to the scan line. …
‘An Ephemeral Art, an installation by Tamara Krikorian’, article written by Krikorian in March 1979.pdf here
Statement about ‘An Ephemeral Art’, written by Tamara Krikorian.pdf here
Leaflet for the exhibition ‘Eye to Eye: Two installations by Tamara Krikorian’, The Frutmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, 20 October – 17 November 1979. Includes works ‘Vanitas’ and ‘Tableau’.pdf here
Leaflet advertising ‘The heart of the illusion: Landscape, …
