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| Images of the base structures of corporate architectural developments are arranged to the rhythm of a romantic song; appearing both contrasted and underscored by their playful arrangement to the mystical and seductive fable. |
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| Short spoken vignettes depicting two women and a man in a traditional English pub, are prefaced by intertitles framing the action as a futuristic narrative of genetic modification. The video connects a suspect linearity and autocratic authorship to signs of a potentially open emotional engagement - ultimately linking a complex discursive subjectivity to a cruel, romantic ending. |
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| Footage of a progressive conversion of old farm buildings is inter-cut with images of corporate new builds, archaeological and degraded sites and natural states of the land. The soundtrack depicts a private business meeting debating the realisation of a fantasy landmark building project. The visual material – shifting between stills and self-consciously edited video - becomes problematically intertwined with the themes of the soundtrack as they extend into absurdity – seeking to raise questions about power, systems of belief and contemporary subjectivity. |
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| Combining an apparently passionate private performance with a repetitive administrative task the routines of identity protection are subverted amid a playful domestic act. |
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| An video depicting the variable continuum of states existing in the built environment, between the natural and degraded, constructed and protected. A rhythmic arrangement of apparently disparate spatial contexts seeks to reference the subjective choices underpinning the organisation of public and private property. |
'Your task will fail to be realised (I'll do what I can)'
Video, 2005
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| In a performative journey around a corporate entrance space, the artist’s non-linear shifts in role subvert the expectations of the environment by descending into an apparently illogical and anarchic array of characterisations. An ambiguous and self-conscious relationship between the artist and the cameraman serves to define an increasingly choreographed reaction to the corporate context. Credits - With special thanks to Tim Judge for his camera work and performance. |
'In all honesty there's nothing I'd like more'
Video, 2005
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| An exploration of the problematic social potential of a landscaped public space. The video depicts a journey around designated paths synchronised with a performed soundtrack of shifting roles. The performer creates powerful, pathetic and often absurd characterisations which refer to the uncertainty of an environment caught between function and folly. |
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| The piece represents brief actions and speech delivered across three contexts, which emphasise shifting roles, relationships and messages ranging from the bureaucratic and mundane to the personal and desiring. |
