Haris Epaminonda / Simon Starling
dal 4/7/2013 al 7/9/2013
Segnalato da
4/7/2013
Haris Epaminonda / Simon Starling
Modern Art Oxford, Oxford
Epaminonda will exhibit Chapters. Filmed in Cyprus, this is a poetic series of meticulously staged scenes with underlying narrative elements of love, longing, afterlife and ritual. New presentation of the film Black Drop of Simon Starling, alongside a series of his recent sculptural works Venus Mirrors.
Haris Epaminonda
Chapters
Haris Epaminonda’s exhibition centres on the newly commissioned film Chapters. Filmed in Cyprus, this is a poetic series of meticulously staged scenes with underlying narrative elements of love, longing, afterlife and ritual.
Referencing Renaissance artist Fra Angelico and Georgian film director Sergei Parajanov the fixed frame of the camera shapes the film as a series of ‘pictures’ capturing remote archaeological sites, ancient buildings and historical detail.
Accompanied by the stark beauty of the soundtrack by Kelly Jayne Jones and Pascal Nichols', the barren, ashen-grey landscapes are punctuated by visually vibrant and colourful characters echoing the formal structure and palate of a Renaissance painting.
The structure and ideas explored in Chapters are expanded into the three-dimensional world of the gallery. Parallels are drawn with the film’s interior locations and open landscapes, creating a series of intimate spaces in which to view it.
Chapters is co-produced by Modern Art Oxford, Kunsthaus Zürich, Point Centre for Contemporary Art in Nicosia, and the Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice. In each gallery she re-edits the film and presents it in an entirely different way, crafting a succession of intimately connected but distinct exhibitions.
Related event:
Saturday 6 July, 1pm Haris Epaminonda in conversation
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5.07.2013 — 26.08.2013
Simon Starling
Black Drop & Venus Mirrors
The New Scientist called Black Drop "an engaging documentary, in which Starling considers astronomers’ historic interest in the transit of Venus, and their endeavours to improve the accuracy of their observations, from the viewpoint of an artist interested in the history of the development of cinema."
Following the off-site screenings of Black Drop earlier this year, Modern Art Oxford invites Starling back to the gallery with a new presentation of the film alongside a series of his recent sculptural works - Venus Mirrors.
This film, specially commissioned by Modern Art Oxford in association with Oxford University, responds to the rare planetary phenomenon of the transit of Venus and its relationship to the beginnings of moving image technology.
Conceived as part of body of work concerned with the beginnings of moving image technology and its relationship to astronomy, Venus Mirrors (05/06/2012, Hawaii & Tahiti (Inverted)) presents the 2012 transit of Venus across the sun as it was observed in June last year from two historically significant observational sites in the Pacific Ocean.
Related Events:
Thursday 11 July, 6pm - Discussion around the Transit of Venus.
Thursday 18 July, 6pm - Museum in Film
Image: Haris Epaminonda, Chapters.
Press contact
Kyla Owen on 01865 722733 or email development@modernartoxford.org.uk
The Preview will be held on Friday 5 July, 6.30 - 8.30pm
Modern Art Oxford
30 Pembroke Street Oxford OX1 1BP
Monday closed
Tuesday 11am – 6pm
Wednesday 11am – 6pm
Thursday 11am – 6pm
Friday 11am – 6pm
Saturday 11am – 6pm
Sunday 12pm – 5pm
entrance free