Installation of 5 music videos authoured by the artist. Acoustic space with insulated sound-traps and safety lights. Dimensions Variable. Total running time 21 mins
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Videos (total running time 21 mins.)
1) 'Ronnie and Jimmy' - 1998-2001 (5.29 min.)
Ronnie and Jimmy explores the relationship between partners or double-acts. Two masked characters engage in a mysterious ‘stakeout’ whilst inhaling helium and discussing the banal schemes of shared company. The same figures also furnish the soundtrack with an improvised drum-battle. The project began in 1998 with filmmaker Martin Shiel, but the use of masks enabled numerous artists to contribute to the final film.
2) ‘Music in trees’ - 2001 (3.55 min.)
The artist harvests discarded cassette tape from the branches of a tree. The soundtrack is made from loose tape found in East London and randomly reassembled. Camera by Lyle Perkins.
3) 'Ipanema En-suite' - 2001 (3.12 min.)
Filmed in a hotel bathroom in Ipanema, Brasil. The chance discovery of tap-heads which resonate like bells led to this video of the taps being played by the artist. The footage is ghosted, or overlayed with a second video exploring the bathroom in detail.
4) ‘I want to dance’ - 2001 (5.44 min.)
Lyrics by artist Charles Gaines were set to music by Sonofapup with vocals by Georgina Starr. The video records the fractured reflections in a spinning mirror-ball. Also included in the 2001 exhibition 'Song Poems', curated by Steven Hull and touring throughout the USA.
5) 'Taxi Trip' - 2001 (2.30 min.)
AKA Sao Paolo Taxi Trip. An audio recording made by the artist during a taxi-ride in Sao Paolo forms the basis for this video. Stuck in traffic, the driver jests with his controller whilst heavy rain drops resonate on the roof of the car during a tropical storm. The music and video were overlayed retrospectively as placement for the memory.
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