Anne Tallentire is an artist who has continuously addressed the shifting geographies, demographics and working practices of the displaced. She works with assemblage, video, sound, text, performance and photography to explore the social/cultural conditions and structures that determine daily life, especially in relation to the mundane and overlooked. Central to Tallentire's investigation is how institutional, political and social systems might produce a peripatetic practice. Her practice often forms itself on the street, from filming workers in the city of London to locating materials that are used in installations. The ensuing investigations are made both individually and in collaboration with others in the gallery space, notably with John Seth, under the banner of long term collaborative practice work.

Glossary

  • Assemblage

    The use of non-art objects and found materials, often junk and/or debris, to create art works. The disparate elements are 'assembled' by gluing, welding or other techniques. Assemblage can be looked at as the three-dimensional counterpart of collage, and similarly traces its origin to Pablo Picasso's and George Braque’s collaborations in 1912-14. This technique was particularly used in the late 1950s and 1960s and continues to be employed by many contemporary artists today.

  • Video

    Images recorded on videotape or on optical disc to be viewed on television screens, or projected onto screens. The medium through which these images are recorded and displayed.