TurnHurst are currently involved in workshops; Making/Showing. It's a good chance to make something big, and something new – i think a lot of us have regressed into our old ways in the run-up to the degree show. It's exciting to work to a deadline again (since the exhibition) and to have to work flat out all day, every day.
One half of the workshop is focusing on using found footage within video works. This interested us as we have used found objects/footage already within our work.
We looked at work by Candice Breitz (http://www.candicebreitz.net/), Christian Marclay (http://www.whitecube.com/artists/marclay/) Jack Strange, and the work of one of my tutors, Volker Eichelmann. With collaborators Roland Rust and Jonathan Faiers they have created a huge archive of footage from tv and film, all of which references art (people in galleries, painting, exhibitions, etc). Having started over 10 years ago they now have over 3 hours of footage which they show in various different ways; sometimes splitting it up into themes (like Erotic, Photography and Openings) or sometimes playing large random chunks from the huge selection they have.
It makes me consider how limited we are in terms of storylines and themes. People say there are only ever 7 storylines, and they were all written by Shakespeare. I have been recommended The Seven Basic Plots by Christopher Booker – it's in the library so hopefully it will give me some answers, or help me with my questions.
Our video will be up here in a few days time.
