Gibson/Martelli-SwanQuake:House 21/09/08 - 03/11/08 Private View 19/09/08 6 - 10pm
SwanQuakeImageSwanQuake: House - 2007 Computer installation with sound V22 are pleased to present SwanQuake:House Beneath the paving stones of this part of the city stands a dressing table and chair. A humming resonates from the furniture and beckons us. Soon we are seated and engaged. In the mirrors we see imagery but no reflections. The virtual atmosphere is chilling. We are transported across the night sky to somewhere else... For this exhibition Martelli and Gibson take over the V22 basement to create a site - responsive work. This marks the first instalment of an epic project begun in 2004. In House, specific attention is paid to the modification that nature undergoes as technology develops. Through re-purposing media tools and combining them with re-modeled household objects, the works simulate and reconfigure representations of our environment. The work is meticulously observed, painterly and verges on the sublime. Martelli and Gibson cite particular influences as Hitchcock, Ruskin, Jonas and Morandi. Their practice is concerned with recreating environments and systems where coding joins hands with choreography of the body. Attention is paid to manipulating the space between the actual and the imaginary in order to provide a counterpoint via the human form. The result taps into a sensorial flux where the real and virtual co-exist, giving infinite possibilities to place. This exhibition is accompanied by a publication SwanQuake: the user manual: "The essays contained in the user manual provide a cultural, historical and technological context for SwanQuake. Igloo’s work is an excellent example of the adaptation of game systems to fine art… the essays serve as an informative and very well referenced entry point for current debates around “game art”." -Rob Myers for Furtherfield Reviews 25/03/08 Bruno Martelli & Ruth Gibson have exhibited widely both in Britain and abroad. Their recent solo shows include Summerbranch, ArtSway, Hampshire, Summerbranch & New Forest, Space4 Peterborough Museum and Winterspace, E:vent Teesdale St, London. In 2007 they were selected with five other artists to represent New Forest Pavilion at the 52nd Venice Biennale. They have participated in group shows at Electra Building Gallery, Vancouver, Around the Coyote, Chicago, Park Tower, Tokyo, The Royal Opera House, London and Sara Meltzer Gallery, New York. They have toured work to Centre Arte Moderne, Lisbon, Maria am Ostbahnhof, Berlin. & Grimaldi Forum, Monte Carlo. V22 ASHWIN STREET 10-16 Ashwin Street London E8 3DL Opening hours: Thursdays & Sundays 12 - 6pm or by appointment +44 (0)20 7613 4996 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.igloo.org.uk www.swanquake.com www.v22london.com _______________________________________________ NetBehaviour mailing list [email protected] http://www.netbehaviour.org/mailman/listinfo/netbehaviour
