Kreider + O'Leary VIDEO SHAKKEI - Space, Performance, Drawing
Drawing from the Japanese practice of shakkei, or ‘borrowed landscape,’ artists Kreider + O’Leary engage with a number of sites in Japan - from ancient Shinto spaces of ritual in Ise to the futuristic Umeda Sky building in Osaka - to perform a series of sequenced actions or ‘live drawings.’ These actions are recorded simultaneously from differing points of view using high definition video as well as recently developed embedded miniature video camera technology. Edited together in series of filmic composites modeled on the multi-scaled architectural drawing, the recordings relate architectural space - to performed event - to narrative sequence. The result is a hyper-digitized, absurdly choreographed and poetically rendered image of place.
The exhibition is the culmination of a six week residency at The Centre for Drawing Project Space.
See the project develop at: www.notes.kreider-oleary.net
Private view : Thursday 3rd September 2009 6pm - 9pm
Exhibition : Friday 4th Sept - Thursday 1st Oct 2009
Viewing by appointment : Contact Claire Foss T: 020 7514 9706 E: c.foss@arts.ac.uk
Supported by : The CCW Research Fund, The University of the Arts London / The Irish Arts Council
