Terra Incognita is the first in a series of single-screen video works grouped under the title of Scenographs. The aim of the each work is to explore one issue in a single scene. As the title suggests, the intention is to combine the static elements of the photograph with the temporality of video and the idea [...]
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Scenograph #1: Terra Incognita (2008)
Posted in Artworks, Mark Roberts, Solo Works on January 1, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Nimetön/Untitled from the Series “Subtitled” 2006
Posted in Artworks, Minna Rainio, Solo Works on August 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Digital C-prints 39,6 x 26,3cm
Self Portrait in March 2006 (from the Series “Subtitled”)
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Self Portrait in March 2006. Series of 15 images. Digital c-prints 12,8 cm x 18,8 cm
Context #5 (2006)
Posted in Artworks, Mark Roberts, Solo Works on July 5, 2006 | Leave a Comment »
Happiness is written only on history’s blank pages – Henri Lefebvre ‘Context #5’ (2006) is part of an ongoing project of textual spatial interventions. The works employ a mirroring of form and meaning, exploring and illustrating concepts of history, space, and the ideological production of meaning within them. In each of the work, text is [...]
Untitled Colour Photographs (2006)
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‘Untitled Colour Photographs’ highlights the descriptive nature of the photograph by – literally – describing photographic scenes. Each ‘image’ is printed on photographic paper – it is a photograph. But as with any photograph, we only get a part of the story. There is much left unsaid. Each work emphasises the role that the spectator plays [...]
Three-Legged Trouser Work (For Keith) (2006)
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Three-Legged Trouser Work (For Keith) is a piece inspired by Keith Arnatt’s 1972 work ‘Trouser-Word Piece’. In his original work, Arnatt offered an ironic commentary on his own position through the use of a philosophical analysis of the word ‘real’. ‘Three-Legged Trouser Work’ extends this analysis to deconstruct certain aspects of artistic production in relation [...]
The Berlin Underground (2006)
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Towards the end of the second world war, the city of Berlin—like many other German cities—was largely razed to the ground by allied bombing campaigns. What was left standing was destroyed by the Russian advance in the ground battle for Berlin. This devastation left Berlin in ruins. The city, whose boulevards and buildings were home [...]
Angles of Incidence (2006)
Posted in Angles of Incidence, Artworks, If you could see me now on January 5, 2006 | 1 Comment »
The installation ‘Angels of Incidence’ deals with some of the experiences of immigrants moving to Finland. The work is comprised of three video screens which show images of three different stages in the immigration process – border crossing interrogation rooms, immigration reception centres, and the Finnish Department of Immigration offices where decisions concerning an immigrant’s future [...]
Working Space / Surface Time (2005)
Posted in Artworks, Mark Roberts, Solo Works on August 16, 2005 | Leave a Comment »
John Court & Mark Roberts 8-Hour performance with live sound ‘Working Space / Surface Time’ is an eight-hour performance with live sound which carries out an intense investigation of a specific, local space and time. Working within a defined and limited space, John Court slowly rotates, twists and contorts his body over an eight-hour period, [...]
Somewhere Else (Postcards from the Edge) 2005 / Exhibition view
Posted in Artworks, Exhibitions, Minna Rainio, Solo Works on August 15, 2005 | 1 Comment »
“From the North with Love and Confusion. Northern Cities Project” Oulu Art Museum 2005
