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Video + Installation + Stolen group show @CarrollFletcher

23rd April – 11th May 2013 Carroll // Fletcher 56 – 57 Eastcastle Street London W1W 8EQ
www.carrollfletcher.com

In a discrete pause between artists’ solo shows, Carroll / Fletcher are showcasing Emily’s Video (2012), a recent work by Eva and Franco Mattes aka 0100101110101101.ORG; The In Between, an installation work by emerging young artist Ian Giles; and Brand Innovations for Ubiquitous Authorship, a group show stolen for Carroll / Fletcher, curated by Eva and Franco Mattes.

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Emily’s Video
On the gallery’s ground floor, Emily’s Video presents the reactions of random volunteers who replied to an online call by Eva and Franco Mattes to watch “the worst video ever”. The original video – sourced from the ‘Dark Net’, the internet’s disturbing alter ego – has been destroyed with these second hand experiences the only proof of its existence. Mimicking the format of YouTube reaction videos, Emily’s Video prompts disbelief, fear, anger, disgust, and nervous laughter. Willing participants hide their eyes, lambast the maker of the video, or simply walk away, whilst the viewer of the work eagerly awaits the next response.

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The In Between

Downstairs, Ian Giles’ installation, The In Between, plays with ideas of physical and metaphorical transformation. A video shows a Clay Meditation class in which a group of people sensitively apply clay slip to each other’s faces. As the clay dries into a lined mask on the participants’ faces, the near invisible process of time slowly becomes discernable. The practice, devised by Giles is partly informed by his experiences of ‘Movement Meditation’, in which music is the catalyst to meditate and connect through dance. Nearby, in a setting reminiscent of religious spaces or ceremonies, ceramic bowls act as holders for candles, which as they burn, change and renew. Camomile tea will be served during the show, an invitation to relax the mind and allow a mood of calm reflection to settle.

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Eva and Franco Mattes’ curated show Brand Innovations for Ubiquitous Authorship Details:
higher pictures.com www.carrollfletcher.com

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