WE USED TO BE PAINTERS
PLAN 9 PROJECTS. Bristol.
www.plan9.org.uk
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“We Used to be Painters”– the title, a contemplative lament to a lost solidarity, a nostalgic slur heralding trophies and medals of prestige for those that pronounce it. “We Used to be Painters” underlines how artists have tried to assimilate rapid developments in the media available to them. By doing so the exhibition demonstrates changes in how we make, keep and view moving image.
This exhibition will examine how moving image based work has been affected by it’s own disposability. The selected artists approach this question in a number of different ways. Is urgency in artistic production necessary, when thousands of clips can be easily stored and accessed on a hard-drive? How does the overwhelming presence of visual mass on the net change present day attitudes toward making this type of work? Relegated in some extent to invisibility, does the artist in fact find certain advantages and strategies in the “ordinariness” encompassed by creating moving image?
Curator: Nim Jo Chung.
Participant artists: Jamy Feneck, Kathleen Herbert, Nim-Jo Chung, Job Ramos, Esperança Cobo, Aikaterini Gegisian, Gisela Motta and Leandro Lima, Jack Southern, Zigor Barayazarra, Juanan Eguiguren, Ismael Iglesias and Mattias Arvastsson.
Date: from 25th Abril to 11th May. 2008. 12-6PM
Preview: Thursday 24th April 2008 6.00-9.00pm
Associated events: Screenings/presentations on Thursday May 1st and Thursday May 8th
Venue: Plan 9, Bridewell Island, Nelson Street (public entrance on Bridewell Street) Broadmead, Bristol. U.K.
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www.weusedtobepainters.blogspot.com
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BURN BASS NIGHT. 2008.