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| > ‘media[tion]’ | Doncaster Museum & Art Gallery | September 2003 – April 2004 | |
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| Angela
Darby, 'Air $igns' (2003), VHS video projection The video 'Air $igns' presents a group of adolescents and children drawing logos in the air. Their choice of brands such as Nike, MacDonalds, Playstation, Barbie or Adidas suggests that commercial marketing is so all-pervasive that merchandising images are already part of the young person's visual vocabulary. |
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| Simon Morse, 'The Bruce Forsyth Examination Papers', paper and desks installation Simon Morse was born in Swindon. He studied Fine Art at Liverpool Polytechnic (BA) and Chelsea School of Art in London (MA). His recent exhibitions include 'Emergency' at Aspex Gallery in Portsmouth, 'The Sefton Open 2003' at Atkinson Gallery in Southport, and 'Videos de Ocasion' at Fundacio Antoni Tapies in Barcelona. Over the past decade Simon has had a parallel career writing for TV quiz shows including 'The Weakest Link', 'Britain's Brainiest' and 'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?' This is a set of school exam papers such as might be set if Bruce Forsyth were running the country. The work is concerned with the degree to which a government can impose a mindset on the population at large, and opens a wider debate as to the problems inherent in identifying the executive, if not the whole body politic, with a single charismatic individual. |
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| Taey
Kim, 'Step', Interactive CD-ROM Taey is an artist based in London, whose main concerns are the interactive body, the nomadic subject, and beautiful creatures. Step is a non-linear narrative, which shows the relationship between two characters in a narrative. The user can interact with the work by selecting which narrative elements they want to view, reconstructing a different love story each time they visit it. |
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| Ligorano & Reese, 'Breakfast of Champions' (2003), DVD installation Breakfast of Champions is a video newspaper, taking its name from the popular breakfast cereal. It focusses on the flow of information during the Gulf War, and how it affected the daily lives of Americans. The video replaces the static photograph in the front page of The New York Times, and begins with Bush Senior's 1988 Presidential campaign advert, cut together with footage of war, explosions, tanks and paratroopers. The video becomes a hyperkinetic looking glass, thousands of television screens cutting up the Military's and President's question and answer sessions. |
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| Ianni
Yessios, 'O Axronos', Video projection O Axronos (axronos - the timeless one) offers eight alternatives for measuring time. Though each design is based on the standard analog clock, they each function differently. This project grew out of Ianni's fascination with the technology used to measure time. Interestingly enough, clock designs affect how we think about time. An analogue clock suggest a cycle. A digital clock suggests an endless progression. Each clock in O Axronos measures time accurately, but within its own context. |
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Pictures l to r: 'The Race' by Michael Pinsky | Brodsworth project, sculpture by Cesar Cornejo | Brodsworth project, textiles by Deirdre Nelson | Owl Project, Edale/Bakewell | Benedict Phillips, Rotherham