Enlace-49. Abigail Child

31 may, 2010
Place
Sabatini Building, Auditorium
Abigail Child. Mayhem, 1987
Abigail Child. Mayhem, 1987

The Future is Behind You (2004), Mirror World (2006) and Ligatures (2009) provocatively and eloquently investigate the viewer’s ideas about history and sexuality. Recently, Child has turned her vertical montage to installation, creating prismatic and interruptive multiple screen narratives in art centres around the world, including the Walker Art Center (Minneapolis), Harvard University and the American Academy in Rome, the city where she filmed The Pursuit, a feature film with scenes from the life of Mary and Percy Shelley in the form of imaginary home movies.

Programme:

Perils, 1986, Betacam SP, b/w, English with Spanish subtitles, 5’

Covert Action, 1984, Betacam Digital, SP, English with Spanish subtitles, 9’

The Future is Behind You, 2004, Betacam Digital, b/w, English with Spanish subtitles, 21’

Mirror World, 2006, 16 mm / Betacam SP, colour, English with Spanish subtitles, 15’

Mayhem, 1987, 16 mm / Betacam SP, b/w, English with Spanish subtitles, 19’

Ligatures, 2009, DVD, b/w, English with Spanish subtitles, 5’