The Perfect City - Keith Piper

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PM Gallery will presents the first public showing of The Perfect City, a major new video installation by internationally renowned multi-media artist Keith Piper.
Displayed as a large-scale diptych, the installation comprises a series of densely constructed video montages in which an unseen model maker constructs an architectural model of what he describes as The Perfect City… which embodies the memory of all cities before it.
This memory is compiled through research of historical archives. Starting with an examination of the mythical biblical city of Babel - the first city of human history in which diversity was introduced into the world - an increasingly conspiratorial trail is charted through to the catastrophic events of 11 September 2001.
In tandem with the video installation, there will be a series of paintings, drawings, models and objects, generated throughout the production of the work, also on display.
Keith Piper is multi-media artist, curator, educator and writer of international renown, whose work evolves through extensive research of official archives, innovative use of multi-media and a commitment to writing as a creative process. History and, specifically, the re-writing of history have always played a significant role in his work.
His large-scale video installations have often explored the areas of identity and exclusion and for over twenty years his work has been acclaimed for its rigorous exploration of issues around the construction of racial and cultural difference.