Nathaniel Mellors: The Time Surgeon

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This one-evening event is a re-staging of Mellors' large-scale video installation The Time Surgeon. The installation responds to the SLG's vast exhibition space accentuating the performative character of the piece. Mellors' practice investigates language and its various means of diffusion in the field of popular production, such as mainstream British TV, as well as exploring communication in relation to modern technology. Directly influenced by Beckett's play Krapp's Last Tape (1958), The Time Surgeon also refers to the infamous avant-garde film by Chris Marker La Jettée (1962) and explores the idea of time travel. The Time Surgeon demonstrates Mellors' ability to establish a contemporary satirical approach to popular culture through his own visual and textual vocabulary. He creates theatrical scenarios using disrupted narratives played by actors and filmed in strange yet familiar settings.