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Thisshowbeganwithaninvitationtoshowaspartofa10thyearcelebrationoftheCollectifRprojectinNantes.

Webeganwithabasicpremisetotakeexistingworkssuchasthewoodenbombsandbones,(whichbeganthroughaninitiationbetweenCollectifRandNealforaworkcalledHowTheWestWasWon,2011)anddevelopnewworksfromthereforaninstallationandperformanceinthelargeatriumspaceofthegallery.

Wehadalreadybeenworkingonideasaroundmixingpopularandfolksongsintosoundscapes(manyofwhichoriginatefromtopographicaldataaroundborders,boundaries,mountainsandsummits)andcombiningthesewithdrawingsandimageryfrompopularculture,currentaffairsandmythology–muchofitconnectingwithideasaroundpolitical,spiritualandphysicalpartitions,fencesandthemetaphorofthe‘wire’.Muchofthematerialdrawsfrompreviousworks,forexample,theideaofasummitcrossandaweaponisedsummitconnectswiththeworkYUPASTAR,2012whichdrawsuponamountaineeringtriptoanWW1explodedsummitintheItalianDolomites–wherenowontheblastedsummitplateaustandsacross.

Thesummitcross,ofcourse,alsoechoestheromanticsummitcrosspaintingsofCasperFriedrichandothers.Thecrosshasbeensubstitutedbyabarbedwirecarvedwoodenstaketoppedwiththeglobe.Thebarbed-wireandbanjolinkstootherworks(e.g.Bivacco,2011)whereacollisionismadebetweentheideaoffencesorbarriersandtheprincipleofstringedpopularmusic.Herethewireactsasbothanagentofemancipationandanagentofoppression.Setintothebaseofthemoundareasetofsixplayablehandmadedrums,makingthewholesculptureapercussivesoundwork.

Acrankie(anearlydeviceofmovingimagestorytelling)isalsosetintothebaseofthesummitarsenal.Itfeaturesahanddrawnnarrativeofthreat,strife,crisis,werewolves,zombiesanddronestrikes.Itiscartoon-likeandplayfulbutalsodarkandridiculous–achild’sfantasyoflife,deathanddestruction.Avideoconstructedfromthecrankieandre-editedwithkaleidescopicfootageofthecrankiere-tellsthestorywithspecialeffectsonasmallscreeninthedoorinthebackofthemountofbombsandbones.Thewholework,MassofTheWorld,hasastrangevoodoo-nesstoit.

Anotheraspectthatweintroducedwasthedeviceofthewolf.Adiscoveryoftheexisitenceof'wolfcatchinggardens'fuelledthisdirection.AftertheHundredYearWarthehinterlandsbecamewilderandthewolfpopulationgrewsothat

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townspeoplebuiltgardenstoprotectfromthewolves.Thefencesofthesegardensweredesignedtoallowwolvesinandcruciallyalsotopreventthemleaving–sothatthewolfcouldbeeasilykilledbyarrowandtherebydiminishingthewolfthreat.LumieredeLoupisessentiallyaplayfulmobilewhichbalancesimagesofchildlikedrawingsofwolvesprojectedontoscreensbalancedonthetipofanarrow-pointonthetipofawoodenbomb.Thescreengentlyrotates,dipsandrisesasthebranchmovesonthetipofthearrow.Thewolfhereisatleastdoublecoded;Ononehand,asawildcreature,anaturalforcethatbringsgreatbiodiversity,acreatureofaweandbeauty–thenontheotherhandananthropomorphizingoffear,ametaphorforfascismandaconstructionofthreatorevil.Thedeviceofthelightprojectinganimageontoscreenlocatesthescreenandimagesaskeytoconstructinganenemy,athreatoran‘other’separatedfromourselves.

Thethirdaspectoftheinstallationisasculpturalsoundworkbasedonusingatractortyreinner-tubeasthelungsorbellowsfortwomelodicas(windoperatedreedorgans).Themelodicasonlyoperatewhenthekeysareplayed–sothatwhenplayedtheyreleasethelossofairfromtheinflatedtube.Theoriginofthisideacamefromtheideaofprecariousfloatationdevices,madenotoriousinthetragicoccurrencesofMediteraneanseamigrationswherepeoplefleeingwarandeconomicdeprivationtakeincredibleriskstoenterEurope.Theworkimaginesthesongsoffreedomsuchfloatationdevicesmightoffer–butalsocountenancesthetragicpotentialofthetuneoflife'slastbreath.

ApedestalrecordplayerartworkKillKillForPeace(2011)carvedfromatreetrunk–featuringthelyricsofthe1966song,KillforPeacebytheFugs-resonateswithmuchcontemporarygeopoliticalrhetoricandstandswithandconnectswiththemusicalcounter-cultureofpoliticalprotestandcommentaryofthe1960's.

AfinalelementoftheshowwasaperformancewhichwovetogetheratopographicalelevationsoundscapeworkbasedonthedescentfromMontBlanc(Europe’shighestsummit)withthepopularsongs;Dylan’sMastersofWar,BlackSabbath’sWarPigsandthetraditionfolksongNottamunTown(thesongwhichDylan’sMastersofWarisbasedon).NottamunTownrelatestofestivalperiodswheresocialpower,normsandimpunitiesareupturned–suchastheFeastofFoolsfestivalsandMummersPlays.Inthisthereisakindofplayfulcarnivalesquesensetomuchoftheworkinthisinstallation–wewerekeentounderstandandworkwithquitedarkanddifficultideasfromtheperspectiveandpotentialofallowingourchildrentoencounterit.

Theworkoverallofferslotsofrichreadingsorencounters.Weprefertheideaof'encounters'to'readings'–astheworkisveryactual,itispresentandmadeofthingswith'thinglyness'.Therewasnocleanfixedideafromthestartsohopefullyithasallowedaveryrichandcomplexsetofthingsandencounterstohappen.Playfulbutdark.

Massoftheworld,2017Carvedpaintedwoodenbombs,carvedpaintedwoodenbones,woodendrumswithplasticskins,timber,carvedwoodenpost.

LumieredeLoup,2017Carvedpaintedwoodenbomb,woodencrate,treebranch,woodentwigframeswithgeotex,LEDtorches,arrowandwolfstencils.

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Nottanum–pata-pataphysicaledit,2017Woodencrankiebox,paperrollwithacrylicpaint.

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Nottanum–pata-perceptualedit,2017HDvideowithanimationandcrankiefootage.3.18min

Theoriginalcrankie(anearlydeviceofmovingimagestorytelling),includedwithinthesculpturalinstallation,featuresahanddrawnnarrativeofthreat,strife,crisis,werewolves,zombiesanddronestrikes.Itiscartoon-likeandplayfulbutalsodarkandridiculous–achild’sfantasyoflife,deathanddestruction.Thispataphysicaleditisconstructedfromthecrankieversionandre-editedwithkaleidoscopicfootageofthecrankieitselfandre-tellsthestorywithspecialeffectsandasoundtrackofWarPigsperformedliveattheopeningoftheexhibitioninNantesHDvideo

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MigrantSwanSong,2017Innertube,pipes,wood,melodicas,tubingandcompressor.

KillKillForPeace,2011Treetrunkandacrylicpaint.
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