Hotel

Invitation card for ‘Hotel’, Hotel at Air, 18th January 1989.pdf here

‘Straight Art and Slipping Standards’, The Marty St James and Anne Wilson interview, Nik Houghton, Independent Media No.87, June 1989.pdf here

Publicity card for ‘Hotel’, 1989.pdf here

Beatnik

Performance video with a post punk anti nuclear theme. Intercuts artists’ performance and scenes from Hackney Swimming Baths.

Flier for ‘Video Art’ 1983-87 by Marty St. James and Anne Wilson, 1988.pdf here

True Life Romance

Performance video about a holiday romance in St Ives, Cornwall.

Charting Time – An exhibition of artists’ drawings, notes and diagrams for film and video, exhibited at Serpentine Gallery, London and Hatton Gallery, Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, 1986. Includes Marty St. James’ work ‘True Life Romance’.pdf here

Information on +VIDEO1+ – a selection of video works including Marty St. James’ True Life Romance.pdf here

Flier for ‘Video Art’ …

Implied Statement II

“A year on from Implied Statement and I was asked to give a talk on video at the Tate Gallery, I decided to make a new piece to accompany this talk but found myself bereft of ideas. Nevertheless I had time booked in a colour studio and somewhat in desperation I decided to remake Implied Statement trying to eliminate what I saw were flaws in the original. while Implied Statement II does not constitute a significant advance from the first version it went a bit more smoothly and provides, …

The Fashion Show

The initial inspiration of this early work by VIDA (Flaxton, Cooper and Deadman) was in fact a critique of fashion and the fashion industry (to also be seen in ‘Talking Heads, 1978/9). Having described the back stage and hidden act of preparing what was to be paraded on the catwalk in a monochrome style (blue and white as opposed to the more familiar black and white), Vida with several other notable makers (Theo Eshetu for instance), …

Dickler’s Whammy

Dickler’s Whammy

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

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