| Title: |
| Deserter |
| Artist(s): |
| Marion Kalmus
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| Brief description of the work: |
| Installation
based on endurance performance |
| Materials, dimensions, duration: |
| Facing
pairs of surveillance mirrors. Reflective/ transmissive projection
screen. 9 minute cycle, constructed from 35mm transparencies. Animated
in the gallery by a computer controlling three still-image projectors. |
| Location (venue & dates, public/ private):
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| 1995. Filmed
in the Simpson Desert, Australia. Installation shown at Tate Liverpool;
Chapter, Cardiff and Oriel 31, Powys. The Tate Liverpool. |
| Audience information (size, mode of participation): |
| Audience can
view the documentation of a past action |
| Other information (reviews, collaborators, funders): |
| Deserter was
commissioned by Chapter, Moviola and Oriel 31 for Video Positive '95
and subsequent touring. Sponsors and funding bodies who assisted in
this exhibition include the Arts Council of England, The Arts Council
of Wales, First Image & Snappers Limited, The Screen Company and Isco-Optic
GmbH. Travel and location costs were supported by The Nicholas and
Andrei Tooth Scholarship 1994. |
| Floorplan, scheme:
|
 
The Tate Gallery Liverpool
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| Visual/ audio-visual reference: |
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| Key theme(s): |
| Intense engagement
with a body; endurance |
| Further context: |
"I use digital
technologies, sound and light projection to create cinematic, painterly
installations in unusual spaces. These vast scale, site-specific works
are complemented by my intimate performance and photographic gallery
works. My work is about insignificant heroism: perseverance in the
face of disappointment and mortality, about how all living is mundane
and profound and about the joys and failures of communication."
(http://www.a-n.co.uk/) 2003 |
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