Exhibition

Vicki Bennett - The Doors of Perspection

29 Jul 2011 – 4 Sep 2011

Regular hours

Friday
00:00 – 00:00
Saturday
00:00 – 00:00
Sunday
00:00 – 00:00
Monday
00:00 – 00:00
Tuesday
00:00 – 00:00
Wednesday
00:00 – 00:00
Thursday
00:00 – 00:00

Cost of entry

Free

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VITRINE Bermondsey

London, United Kingdom

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Vitrine Gallery presents The Doors of Perspection, an exhibition of new digital collage works by Vicki Bennett. The works are created using a unique technique developed by Bennett to expand film scenes beyond their conventional screen ratio. The finished results reveal beautiful panoramic views of the background landscapes as captured by the panning camera, effectively allowing film scenes to be seen as never before. Bennett's new works bear a relation to the British Vorticism movement of the early 20th Century, taking a Futurist approach to image making whilst attempting to capture dynamic movement with still images. Bennett often utilises digital technology to apply analogue techniques and for more than a decade has used rotoscoping in her short films and live audio-visual performance to mask, cut and place objects elsewhere on screen. During her commission for The Great North Run Cultural Programme 2009 she developed the process for expanding film outside its frame and began work on this new series shortly after. Bennett is renowned for her audio-visual collage, successfully releasing albums and touring her live performances under the name People Like Us since the early 1990s. Her Surrealist approach to creating moving image work involves subverting elements of found footage in order to create new meanings and connections. This is reflected in the titles of her works, albums and exhibitions, where letters slip around and one slight twist can create an absurd change of meaning. The Doors of Perspection is curated by Iain Pate. Commissioned by Torch. Preview: Thursday 28 July 2011. 6-9pm. Shortwave Cinema. A collection of short films by Vicki Bennett/People Like Us - including excerpts from Genre Collage" - will be screened on loop throughout the evening, with an introduction by the artist at 7pm. There will also be musical accompaniment provided by Osymyso and Mainwaring & Jurgensen in the bar."

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