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REWIND at Stills: DVD Launch & Performance of In Two Minds by Kevin Atherton

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REWIND at Stills: DVD Launch & Performance of In Two Minds by Kevin Atherton
Thursday, 22 October 2009 7PM

In Two Minds is a two monitor installation first exhibited in the Serpentine Gallery, London in 1978. This work consisted of Atherton on one video monitor asking questions of himself on the other monitor. The questions, typically of that time, largely address the nature of the piece itself. At the time of making the piece he had no intention of using it beyond the Serpentine show, the rough and ready state of the black and white tapes attest to this. However, the 'open' or 'incomplete' nature of the work allows him to 're-enter' it and create a new live version, where as a 58 year old man he can answer questions put to him by his 27 year old former self.

The REWIND + PLAY DVD, being launched at this event, presents a selection of key works from the first decade of artist’s video practice in the UK. From early conceptual experiments exploring the parameters of the medium to works dealing with media culture and television this collection explores the range and diversity of the first years of video as new media. Produced in collaboration with LUX

The REWIND + PLAY DVD is available at Stills, please contact us or visit for further details.

www.rewind.ac.uk


REWIND at Stills: Kevin Atherton Screening

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REWIND at Stills: Kevin Atherton Screening
Wednesday, 24 June 2009 6.30PM

Kevin Atherton
The REWIND at Stills event continues with work by Kevin Atherton: an artist whose work ranges from performance and video to sculpture and site-specific installations.  Known for a number of publicly commissioned work including Iron Horses (1987) - a sculpture in twelve parts commissioned by British Rail and the West Midlands County Council for the Birmingham to Wolverhampton railway corridor - his work embraces the role of the viewer as an active participant in the completion of the work.

In his video work, Atherton interrogates the placement of the spectator and the image.  He probes the immersive sense of viewing while simultaneously objectifying this act as a conditioned process.  In exploring the cultural phenomena of television, Atherton contrastingly deconstructs the illusion while at the same time invites the viewer into the narrative.  His work unbalances expectations of viewing through techniques that are both funny and highly conceptual.

Presented in partnership with the research project REWIND: Artists' Video in the 70s & 80s based at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, REWIND at Stills is a bi-monthly screening of seminal works from the formative years of British Video Art.

Interview with Kevin Atherton  and aritist bio.

 


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