PICTURE HOUSE: FILM, ART AND DESIGN AT BELSAY
5th May - 20 Sept 2007, Belsay Hall, UK
www.picturehousebelsay.co.uk

I was invited by Dott07 to curate three commissions for the Picture House exhibition at Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens during summer 2007. The three selected Dott07 artists were Golan Levin, Adam Somlai-Fischer & Bengt Sjölén and UVA.

* 'Aleph reorganising vision' - Adam Somlai-Fischer & Bengt Sjölén
Made from 200 Citroen ZX electric mirrors controlled by cameras and computers, Aleph captures the vista of the spectacular formal gardens with their myriad of colours. As each mirror reflects a visual fragment, so together they present a whole, a dazzling matrix of dark reds, bright greens and purples - an experimental public display.

* 'Ghost Pole Propagator' - Golan Levin
Levin's new interactive installation presents a phantom transcription of visitors to the Belsay Castle, recording and replaying highly abstracted 'skeletons' of the artwork's own observers. Projected on the walls of the castle's medieval kitchen, the quiet and otherworldly animations suggest the bustle of past ghosts, or ancient petroglyphs.

* 'Hereafter' - UVA
UVA are a company of artists, recorders, designers who usually work within the music industry and with bands such as Massive Attack. For Belsay they have created a 'history mirror' reflecting the images of visitors present and those whom have previously visited creating a changing and mysterious visual tableaux.

More information:
* Picture House exhibition
* Picture House exhibition press release
* Dott07 - Designs of the time 2007
* Belsay Hall, Castle and Gardens
* www.we-make-money-not-art.com: 1, 2
* Photos by Chris O'Shea
* Photos by Juha Huuskonen

Photos below by James Medcraft / UVA (photos of 'Hereafter') and Juha Huuskonen.

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