Medium and materials Archives - Page 2 of 6

An Excavation

In 2014, 45 crates of looted antiquities were discovered at Geneva Freeport in a warehouse belonging to disgraced antiquities dealer Robin Symes. They contained tens

After Work

The process of making a playground is the starting point for a reflection on the relationship between work and free-time, highlighting the hidden labour of

The Rush

The Rush (2002, 1’16)

Alternative Economies

Alternative Economies was made in conversation with herbalist Rasheeqa Ahmad and financial services regulator Rachel Bardiger. The film discusses the imperialist exploits of the Disney

Inner Outer Space

Lertxundi’s first film since relocating to Spain from California in 2019 is a triptych composed of three independent and yet interrelated pieces – Teatrillo, Inner

Vaporetto

A chance stereo view from a Vaporetto (water bus) ride in Venice, 2019.

Flowers of the Sky

Flowers of the Sky (a medieval term for comets) draws on two panoramic photographs, found in a Los Angeles thrift shop, that depict a gathering

Valeria Street

Initiated by an unearthed photograph of her father and his colleagues around a conference table in a generic mid-century office, Valeria Street charts a personal-political

Look and Learn

Look and Learn excavates the visual vocabulary we use to operate and construct the daily world. Look and Learn explores the juxtaposition of two material

On a glowing led lightbox is a ceramic tray with erratic edges filled with blue liquid. A finger wearing a silver ring touches the power button on the lightbox

ZZZ

‘ZZZ’ is described by the artist as a ‘nocturnal work’. Within the video we hear a tired voice-over reading across her incomplete notes during the

Prole Art Threat

The film was made by scratching stenciled text into the surface of the film material. The text is a sync’d replication of the lyrics from

Diviner

‘The image of the diviner as an emblem of searching – a collision of the past, present, and future – operates as a central nexus

Its soil was a plot she do the tree in different voices

‘Its soil was a plot she do the tree in different voices’ is composed of several connected elements: a single channel 16mm film, sculpture, 4 channel sound

PHX [X is for Xylonite]

In ‘PHX [X is for Xylonite]’, the first semi-synthetic plastics are considered through their relationship to the chemical and industrial development of photography and film.

Untitled (Eyemo Rolls)

Untitled (Eyemo rolls) is an ongoing body of over 200 individual 35mm camera rolls shot with Bell & Howell Eyemo 35mm film camera in various

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