By Paul Kent on 25.11.10
Ellen Mara De Wachter
This text was written for the publication for the exhibition:
Who Wants to Act Now, or Even See Acting
Curated by Nazli Gurlek at Depo Istanbul (June 15-22 2010)
The mood is strong in We… more about
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By Paul Kent on 25.11.10
LB. Your work is primarily concerned with what you refer to as “control methodologies.” Can you explain what that term signifies for you?
Control methodologies are the elements that make up systems of control and they are explored… more about
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By Paul Kent on 25.11.10
Were Notes Part I, II & III always intended as a series?
No the Notes set of films has grown over time and began with the video ‘We Are The Above’ which I developed during my MFA at Goldsmiths… more about
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By Paul Kent on 11.11.10
Charlie Tweed – Notes I, II & III
Whilst masquerading as a fiction – a future dystopia transmitted in episodes by a post-human life force – Charlie Tweed’s Notes series, like all dystopias, mirrors the concerns of the present… more about
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By Paul Kent on 27.10.10
Spike Island, Bristol, UK
20th November 2010, 2-3:30pm, Associates Space
For The Known Unknowns artists Rod Dickinson, Richard Grayson & Charlie Tweed will discuss their individual practices and their shared concerns around language, narrative and power, in particular their… more about
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By Paul Kent on 27.10.10
In the Notes II video series Tweed continues his exploration of control methodologies by testing the boundaries of control desires and control solutions.
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By Paul Kent on 27.10.10
In ‘Notes Part I’ a series of video transmissions have been created using appropriated digital material and have been catalogued in an archive concerned with contemporary plans for new extreme forms of community and control over the environment.
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By Paul Kent on 27.10.10
Dr Cyrus Reed Teed set up the Koreshan Unity in a place called Estero, Florida in 1891. It was an experimental community which had a wide range of beliefs and political ideals including celibacy, communism, alchemy and reincarnation.
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By Paul Kent on 27.10.10
Man From Below TV – consists of a three part video series that features the Man From Below. The videos document his plans to build a safe underground community in the Thames Gateway “away from all the unknown global warmup dangers on the surface”.
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By Paul Kent on 27.10.10
The Lets Start Again project features Sirus Manzill, a man that leaves his old life behind to move to the safer habitat of Epping Forest, Essex. However the forest turns out to be alot more dangerous than Manzill could ever have imagined.
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