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‘In Kensington Gore, a real life injury which happened on a location shoot is related in various theatrical forms ranging from the slapstick of mime to the authority of a text read with my classic BBC accent. In this way the story is constantly being reduced to the form of its telling and I never present it as the irrefutable truth. In the same way that reality and fiction are often interchangeable, the truth of an event has as many versions as there were witnesses.’ – Catherine Elwes

‘How does one understand the image of violence inflicted by a woman on a man’s neck with apprently the sole aim of manipulating the audience? The humour of this piece is abrasive and disconcertingly courageous. It may be aggressive, but it has the merit of scrutinising a tabood but universal subject, in this case, female violence.’ – Bruno Mersch

‘Kensington Gore: Thinking Back on Kensington Gore’ statement, Catherine Elwes, 1981. pdf here

‘2nd National Independent Video Festival, IVA at ICA’, June 1982, with details of screenings of works including Catherine Elwes’ ‘Kensington Gore’.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 Elwes’ ‘Kensington Gore’.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 Elwes’ ‘Kensington Gore’.pdf here

‘Voir Des Videos 84/85 – Wallonie, Bruxelles, Londres’. A selection of videotapes, including ‘Kensington Gore’, exhibited in Brussels and London as part of the 5th video art festival ‘Voir Des Videos’.pdf here