A View From The Other Side. The cinematic ghost image of the Gyllich Stoa transmutes over 70 minutes in Beaconsfield's arch space. This slow-burn, meticulously drawn animation meditates on public space, immigration and neo-liberal city policies.
A portico by the river undergoes transformation as hours pass, seasons change and centuries follow each other. This slow-burn, meticulously drawn animation meditates on public space, immigration and neo-liberal city policies.
The cinematic ghost image of the Gyllich Stoa – a controversial early 19th Century neo-classical building in Turku, Finland that has served as fish-market, bazaar, restaurant and petrol station in its time before being left to decay for 20 years – transmutes over 70 minutes in Beaconsfield’s arch space.
Other works in the series – Theses on the Body Politic (Riket), 2009 and Theses on the Body Politic (Shadows), 2008/9 - are shown on FlatScreens 1 and 2.
IC-98 are Patrik Söderlund and Visa Suonpää. A View From The Other Side was introduced to Beaconsfield by Forum Box Gallery, Helsinki.
Beaconsfield's exhibition of A View from the Other Side is generously supported by The Finnish Institute in London.
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Image: 1C-98, A View from the Other Side, 2011, installation detail
Artists Talk and Reception: Friday 2 March at 6.30pm
Beaconsfield
22 Newport Street, London
1 March – 14 April 2012
Thursday – Saturday 11am-5pm
Free admission