There’s a ton of great video art showing in
Manchester right now. Tomorrow
night (Tuesday 13th) at Cornerhouse, there’s an hour-long screening of a compendium of film
work by Margaret Salmon, including both early material and new works in
progress. Salmon’s subject matter is the everyday, her medium is realism and her
forte is detail. Catch a Q&A with the artist after the screening.
'A Tiger's Skin' by Chris Paul Daniels
Over at the Centre
for Chinese Contemporary Art, you can watch some excellent video art by
Chris Paul Daniels and Sun Xun. Daniels’ main piece is ‘A Tiger’s Skin’, an
engaging layered video triptych consisting of the artist’s documentary response
to Michelangelo Antonioni’s 1972 film, ‘Chung Kuo, Cina’ which was commissioned
then banned by Mao. Daniels also has three shorter pieces showing, including
one with a snippet of not-to-be-missed Chinese disco music. In the rear
gallery, a selection of Sun Xun’s animations combine unnerving but beautiful
imagery with myth, legend and philosophy. ‘What happened in the year of the
dragon’ is a UK first showing and is genuinely brilliant. There’s also a defiantly
weird and captivating 3D film showing in the dark room, and more besides. It’s
a major solo collection hot on the heels of Sun Xun’s Asia Triennial collection.
Lastly, video art makes a great showing at Castlefield Gallery’s ‘30 years
of the Future’ exhibition. For this anniversary collection the gallery have
invited friends and past artists to nominate the work of an artist who shows
great promise. The video work on show includes powerful advertising satire from
Thomas Yeomans, queer agit-pop from Evan Ifekoya, and lots lots more over the
two floor space. The whole collection is great, in fact, but the video work
packs a powerful, funny and sad punch, depending where you start. Treat your
eyes. Do not miss.
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