A British Council exhibition.

The exhibition was curated by Simon Morrissey with Colin Ledwith, and aimed to highlight some of the most interesting video and film work being made in Britain at the start of the 21st century, and encompassed different trends within the media such as appropriation, performances to camera, observations or documentation, and the moving images’ relationship to other media such as drawing and sculpture. The idea of rooting the exhibition in one form of presentation only – that of single screen monitor based work – provided a formal equality that allowed the fundamental quality of single screen work – a simplicity of physical manifestation capable of encompassing almost all conceptual tendencies – provided a clarifying focus, through which the viewer could examine the plethora of positions within video practice. The exhibition included works by Roderick Buchanan, Adam Chodzko, Mark Dean, Sarah Dobai, Graham Fagen, Douglas Gordon, Graham Gussin, Rachel Lowe, Christina Mackie, Kenny Macleod, Ross Sinclair, Carl von-Weiler. An illustrated catalogue with texts by Morrissey and entries on the artists by Ledwith was published to accompany the exhibition. ISBN 0 86355 454 7; available from Cornerhouse www.cornerhouse.org

Collection Artist(s)

Glossary

  • Drawing

    The depiction of shapes and forms on a flat surface chiefly by means of lines although colour and shading may also be included. Materials most commonly used are pencil, ink, crayon, charcoal, chalk and pastel, although other materials, including paint, can be used in combination.

  • Film

    A transparent, flexible plastic material, usually of cellulose acetate or polyester, on which light-sensitive emulsion is coated, or on which an image can be formed by various transfer processes.

  • Sculpture

    A three-dimensional work of art. Such works may be carved, modelled, constructed, or cast. Sculptures can also be described as assemblage, in the round, relief, and made in a huge variety of media. Contemporary practice also includes live elements, as in Gilbert & George 'Living Sculpture' as well as broadcast work, radio or sound sculpture.

  • 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.