To Be Immersed In The Experience of Now
C Magazine, Spring 2008, no. 97, pp. 26-29
This is an interview with artists Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard concerning their use of music and appropriated imagery. Working within the framework of music video formats, Pollard and Forsyth earlier work featured re-enactments of famous rock and roll performances. As the idea of re-enactment becomes disseminated by the media and outlets such as Myspace and Youtube, Pollard and Forsyth seem less interested in re-enactment and more in appropriation and recontextualization. Recently, they have been using early artist performance videos and forcing them into the format of music videos, such as using a rapper to re-enact Acconci's Walk Over. The Artists muse on using the frameworks of music videos rather than merely critiquing them, their favourite music videos, and the unavoidable presence of television.
ITEM 2008.011 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Japanese Dream – Jane Pollard
Japanese Dream – Iain Forsyth
Walk With Nauman – Jane Pollard
Walk With Nauman – Iain Forsyth
A Rock 'n' Roll Suicide – Jane Pollard
A Rock 'n' Roll Suicide – Iain Forsyth
Walking After Acconci – Jane Pollard
Walking After Acconci – Iain Forsyth