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34 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
London Metropolitan University
'Maybe in the Sky' Video work with sound for five screens, shown in the Planetarium dome at the World Museum in Liverpool, 2008.
This work was constructed for five screens, with sound, for the Planetarium
dome at the World Museum in Liverpool. The video sequences show a solitary
rower crossing the dome in North/South, East/West orbits, whilst the central
rower circles, apparently lost in his navigations. It relates to both the function
and conceptual resonances of the telescope, or spyglass, developed in
the 17th century by Galileo. The work builds on my PhD research on
temporality and evolved out of discussions with Lisa le Feuvre at the Maritime
Museum. It was exhibited to coincide with the 400 year anniversary of
Galileo’s invention, working with Angus Gunn of the World Museum.
The video works constructed in this research make use of the languages,
techniques and the apparatus of moving image in order to explore perceptions
of temporality as a key factor in the emotional ‘affect’ of art. In this piece,
original video footage and super 8 material has been re-filmed using altered
frame rates, time bases and shutter speeds and animated sequences have
been made by painting on to printed frames.
This work is part of a body of practice-led research seeking to contribute to
our understanding of temporality as a key factor in the emotional ‘affect’ of art.
These works make use of altered frame rates, exposures and time bases in
order to explore questions of embodied spectatorship, affect and the perceived
elasticity of time in encounters with art works, considering how such unsettling
experiences may be liberating or enhancing.
Work supported by Arts Council England and received local press and radio
coverage. One other artist involved in museum show: Lily Markiewicz
This work was later exhibited as a single screen work in ‘Slow’, at CASS Gallery, London Metropolitan University 2009 curated by Ian Robertson.