Navigations

13 May 2014

Hackney Picturehouse, London

Part of Inside|Out, the RCA Curating Contemporary Art MA first year interim project of video art screenings.

Navigations explores how the urban environment frames and shapes our lived experience. We are encouraged to reconsider the context in which we live through psychogeographical explorations, issues surrounding surveillance and reimagining the constructed landscape. Narratives of the city are woven by singular viewpoints, whether a drone, a character, or the camera itself; in so doing they invite wider consideration of how the urban terrain contributes to the shape and form of these narratives. This oscillation between personal experience and a more physical sense of place, creates both an immersive experience and a more detached, critical engagement.

Programme:

Secrets from the Street (No Disclosure), Martha Rosler, USA, 1980, 11 min

The Freestone Drone, George Barber, UK, 2013, 13 min

The Space Between, Karen Mirza and Brad Butler, UK, 2005, 12 min

Suicide Box, Bureau of Inverse Technology, USA, 1996, 13 min

Capital, Ruth Maclennan, UK, 2007, 17 min

Followed by an informal Q&A with Ruth Maclennan and George Barber