French Mottershead
Were You Here The Last Time?
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performance: gathering for group photograph – 3 mins; documentary video above – 3 mins 11 secs
From the original Festival website text:
This performance for camera is a reworking of A Daily Ritual to Capture the Presence of Everybody, a previous piece that was created especially for the National Review of Live Art in 2006.
On Saturday evening, 20 March 2010, after the performance by Forced Entertainment at Tramway, all people attending or working at the NRLA are invited to gather for a large group photograph. Once everyone is in position, they will be asked to face the camera and look their best. A photographer will record this moment with just one shot, which will be projected for the remainder of the NRLA.
It’s a last moment, when the NRLA reaches its critical mass, for all to represent themselves in a wider community of others. It’s for all who recognise the importance of the different participants (artists, audience, technical crews, programmers) that make an event like the NRLA possible, and acknowledge the collective nature of artistic production.
Please note that a high-resolution download will be made available to all participants, details of which will be released on the night.
Rebecca French and Andrew Mottershead have been making artwork using performance, photography, video, installation and intervention since 1999. They’ve developed a reputation for tricky, engaging explorations around the conventions of social exchange, work that has been said to achieve the popular ideal of raising your awareness of everyday life. As well as intervening into the National Review of Live Art, they’ve presented work in the UK at Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool, the ICA, Arnolfini, East International and internationally, including Sao Paulo, Beijing and Istanbul. Their international photo/video project SHOPs is the subject of a solo exhibition and publication (2010) produced by Site Gallery, Sheffield.
A Daily Ritual to Capture the Presence of Everybody; performances for camera across five days of the NRLA in 2006 can be seen here
The view from the camera to add to the 2010 documentation:
Were You Here The Last Time?
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From the original Festival website text:
This performance for camera is a reworking of A Daily Ritual to Capture the Presence of Everybody, a previous piece that was created especially for the National Review of Live Art in 2006.
On Saturday evening, 20 March 2010, after the performance by Forced Entertainment at Tramway, all people attending or working at the NRLA are invited to gather for a large group photograph. Once everyone is in position, they will be asked to face the camera and look their best. A photographer will record this moment with just one shot, which will be projected for the remainder of the NRLA.
It’s a last moment, when the NRLA reaches its critical mass, for all to represent themselves in a wider community of others. It’s for all who recognise the importance of the different participants (artists, audience, technical crews, programmers) that make an event like the NRLA possible, and acknowledge the collective nature of artistic production.
Please note that a high-resolution download will be made available to all participants, details of which will be released on the night.
Rebecca French and Andrew Mottershead have been making artwork using performance, photography, video, installation and intervention since 1999. They’ve developed a reputation for tricky, engaging explorations around the conventions of social exchange, work that has been said to achieve the popular ideal of raising your awareness of everyday life. As well as intervening into the National Review of Live Art, they’ve presented work in the UK at Tate Modern, Tate Liverpool, the ICA, Arnolfini, East International and internationally, including Sao Paulo, Beijing and Istanbul. Their international photo/video project SHOPs is the subject of a solo exhibition and publication (2010) produced by Site Gallery, Sheffield.
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