Solo show
Curated by Attila Nemes and Hajnalka Somogyi
Trafo Gallery is pleased to present a solo show by London-based artist
Carey Young, whose work across a variety of media has become recognised
for its investigation into the increasing incorporation of the personal,
political and public domains into the commercial realm.
Trafo will present two works by Young. In I am a Revolutionary we see the
artist undergoing a presentation skills training session with her own
personal trainer. Within the stage-like environment of an empty office
space, its glass wall offering a cinematic view onto an atrium of
architecturally-epic proportions, we can see other office workers immersed
in their business day in identikit cell-spaces. Young and her teacher work
hard at perfecting one line from what appears to be a larger speech
intended for an unknown audience. Young is having great trouble with the
line - "I am a revolutionary" - words which could equally come from heroic
'business leadership' rhetoric as from the words of political or
anti-globalisation agitators, much as it seems also to refer to the legacy
of the avant-garde. Repeating the words again and again in a series of
fruitless attempts to sound credible, Young tries to internalise the
message so that it becomes something she personally believes. To her
trainer, the words seem unproblematic, as if they are just another message
that can be spouted to an audience like any other within the realm of
popular or political culture.
Young will also debut a new performance work featuring speech and
sound-responsive video, made with the sound artist and VJ Wojciech Kosma.
Leaflets featuring a specially-commissioned interview with the artist by
the curator Raimundas Malasauskas will be available from the gallery. The
interview text is also available at http://www.careyyoung.com/texts.html
Carey Young graduated from the Royal College of Art with a Masters in
Photography in 1997. She has exhibited nationally and internationally
since 1996, most notably in solo shows at Index, Stockholm (2004), and in
group shows such as Beck's Futures, ICA, London (2003), Trade Show, Mass
MOCA, Massachusetts, (2005) A Short History of Performance - Part II
Whitechapel Gallery, (2003) and Exchange and Transform, Munich
Kunstverein (2002.) Her works are held in the public collections of the
Arts Council England and the Centre Pompidou. Forthcoming exhibitions
include a solo show, Disclaimer, at IBID Projects, London, and group shows
including the Sharjah Biennal 7, Sharjah, Work/Labor (Galerie im
Taxispalais, Innsbruck), and Critical Societies (Badischer Kunstverein,
Karlsruhe.)
This exhibition was made possible with a grant from the British Council
Press contact: Attila Nemes Tel.: +3630 2854483
Opening: March 3rd, 2005, 6 pm.
Live performance: March 3, 2005 at 6:30 pm at
Trafo - House of Contemporary Arts, Trafo Gallery
1094 Budapest, Liliom utca 41.
Opening hours: Tue - Sun, 16:00 to 19:00 (and one hour before and after
Trafo's theatre performances.)