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An exhibition of two new works by LA-based artist Catherine Sullivan, who uses film to turn art, subjectivity and politics into a kaleidoscope of conflicting psychic states.
Alexander Kennedy Could you tell us about the work on show at the CCA? Does your film in any way refer to the political situation that precipitated the 2002 Russian hostage situation. which your film ‘Ice Floes . . .' takes as its subject matter? Is there an overt ‘political message‘ in your work?
CS The Moscow event isn't so much the subject of ‘lce Floes . . It functions more as an apparatus. which generates the occasion to animate issues of cultural assimilation and regimentation.
AK Your work also seems to rely on a postmodern concept of ‘performativity' (in relation to subjectivity). and how those performing subjects are understood or act as stereotypes. Could you tell us more about this, in relation to the second piece that will be installed. ‘The Resuscitation of Uplifting‘?
CS I think it has more to do with the ways in which the performers engage with socially recognizable forms; it has more to do with transformation as a form of assimilation. and assimilation as a means of ascendance. transcendence. or survival. In ‘Resuscitation . . .' the actors engage with very set Choreographies which they can or can‘t assimilate.
AK In relation to this idea of performance. your work also seems to be about orchestrating chance. altering the seemingly obvious meaning or volition behind an act or event. How did you arrive at this technique?
CS The method for each project is different. I've always felt that the work has to be interpreted very much through the desires of the actors that carry it out. I‘ve always found it more dangerous and therefore exciting to work with the artifice that the actors affirm rather than to try to repress it or find actors that I feel comfortable with. Actors are interesting cultural subjects because they reanimate what they absorb. It's a question of what methodology will produce the right effect for the content.
I CCA, Glasgow, until Sat 27 Jan 2007.
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Exhibitions are listed by city, then alphabetically by venue. Submit listings at least ten days before publication to artelist.co.uk. Listings compiled by Kirstin Innes.
Glasgow
I THE ARCHES
253 Argyle Street. 0870 240 7528.
l lam I lpm ((‘losed Mon 25).
Dark Entries l'ntil Wed l7 Jan. Free. Moody. poetic images of a city through steamed-up windows and long-range lenses.
I BURRELL COLLECTION
2060 l’ollokshaws Road. 287 2550. Mon Thu & Sat 10am 5pm: Fri & Sun I lam 5pm (Sun 24 & Sun 3|
I lam- lpm) ((‘losed Mon 25. Tue 26. Mon l 61' Tue 2). Free.
Seventeenth Century Samplers t’ntil Sat 3] Mar. A selection front Sir William Burrell's collection of British embroidery samplers.
I CCA
350 Sauchiehall Street. 352 4000.
Tue Fri llam (pr11; Sat l0am ()pm ((‘losed Sat 23 Sat (i).
Catherine Sullivan l'ntil Sat 27 Jan. Free. Multi-screen video installations. Ire Hurts (if/"full: j().\’(’/)/l [um] and T/It’ Rr'xusr‘itrlfimr of lip/filing from the LA artist. See interview. left. U\ST CHANCE TO SEE
Ideas Move Away from Abstraction t'ntil Salt to Dec.
noon (ipm. Free. Solo show by Ruth Barker. comprising an installation of text and sculpture. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
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I GALLERY OF MODERN ART Royal Fxchange Square. 22‘) leer». Mon. Wed & Sat l0am 5pm; Thu 10am 8pm: Fri & Still I lam 5pm (Sun 24 & Sun 3] l lam» lpm) ((‘losed Mon 25. Tue 26. Mon | & Tue 2). Free. GoMA Open Community Exhibition t'ntil Still 14 Jan. Free. Julie Roberts: The New Woman Artist l'ntil Still 25 Feb. Free. Roberts' work tackles issues of life. death and sexual drive. and shows an affinity with Frank Auerbach. Lucien Freud and the surrealist movement. Recent oil paintings highlight the influence (‘harles Rennie Mackintosh has had on her work atid ideas.
I GLASGOW SCHOOL OF ART The Mackintosh (iallery. l(i7 Renfrew Street. 353 4500. Mon Fri lllam 5pm: Sat 10am 2pm ((‘losed Fri 22 Wed 3). Free.
Erich Mendelsohn: Dynamics and Function Fri l5 Dec Fri 9 Feb. Free. A reappraisal of the (ierman architect's work at the forefront of the avant garde. Atrium (iallery. Fotllis Building. 107 Renfrew Street. 353 473 l. Mon Fri l0am- 5pm; Sat 10am lpm ((‘losed Fri 22 Wed 3). Free.
Committere l‘ntil Sat to Dec. The (iSA's School of Design looks at the process of working to commission. with silversmith llelen Marriott. textile designer Joanna Kinnersly-Taylor. multimedia installations from Rtissell Mills. and interactive designs from the l’avillion Design Studio. LAST ('llANCli T() Slili
I KELVINGROVE ART GALLERY & MUSEUM
Argyle Street. 270 059‘). Mon Thu & Sat l0am 5pm; Fri & Sun I lam 5pm (Sun 24 8; Sun 31 l lam lpm) l('losed
An exhibition by a group of artists using Casper David Friedrich's darkly Romantic landscapes as subject matter.
Artists include Marcus Amm, Helene Appel, Eva Berendes, Ellen
Gronemeyer Alex Heim, Karin Ruggaber and Nicole Wermers.
lDoggerfls/ier. Edinurg/i, uni/13 Feb.
Mon 25. Tue 26. Mon l & Tue 2). Free. ONCE O. t‘ntil Sun 25 Feb. A close-up film portrait of the inhabitants
: of (ilasgow. set against a backdrop of the
earth in orbit.
I THE LIGHTHOUSE
l l Mitchell Lane. 221 6362. Mon 8; Wed Sat 10.30am 5pm; Tue llam 5pm: Stilt noon 5pm (Sun 24 noon 4pm) ((‘losed Mon 25» Tue 26) (Sat 30 l0.30am 4pm) t(‘losed Sun 31 Tue 2). £3 (£1 U50).
Glasgow 1999 Design Medal 2006 l’ntil Sun 18 Feb. Shortlisted entries for the award that celebrates young talent in contemporary design and engineering work.
Stephen Monger - Urban Documents lfntil Sun 7 Jan. The photographer and model maker explores the way buildings have evolved and changed over time. as seen from his studio base in Weston-Super-Mare. Northern City 0... [Full] Sun 4 Mar. Free. Subtitled Between Light and Dark Dal/iel + Scullion. Nathan (‘oley and Victoria (‘lare Bernie meet three
Edinburgh-based architecture practices.
See review. page 106.
Newformations Christmas Showcase [Intil Mon 8 Jan. Showcase of truly individual gifts. such as jewellery. glassware. scarves. bags and accessories.
Tait & Style Until Sun I 1 Feb. The ()rkney-based design studio stretches the boundaries of hand and machine knitting. embroidery and fabric fusion techniques.
I ST MUNGO MUSEUM OF RELIGIOUS LIFE AND ART
2 (‘astle Street. 553 2557. Mon Thu & Sat l0am 5pm: Fri 8; Sun I lam 5ij11 (Still 24 8; Still 3| 1 lam lpm) ((‘losed Mon 25. Tue 26. Mon l & Tue 2). Free. Vivid Voodoo l'ntil Sun l4 Jan. Photographs by Xtima photojournalist l.es Stone. exploring the practice of voodoo on the (‘aribbean island of Haiti.
Private Galleries
I MANSFIELD PARK GALLERY 5 llyndland Street. 342 4 l 24. Tue Sat llam 5pm.
Simon Laurie L'ntil Sat 23 Dec. Free. lixhibition of new work by the young Scottish painter. including many smaller works for sale. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I MARY MARY
Flat 2/I. 0 Dixon Street. 07730 (its’l4l5. Thu Sat noon 5pm ((‘losed Sat 23--Wed 3).
Planting the Tele ooo t'ntiI Sat l3 Jan. Free. (iroup exhibition curated by painter llayley Tompkins. featuring new work. reprinted documents and editions. and film. See review. page l07.
I THE MODERN INSTITUTE
73 Robertson Street. Suite (3. Floor l. 24X 37] l. Mon Fri l0am 5pm: Sat noon 5pm.
Urs Fischer l7ntil Sat lb Dec. Swiss artist t'rs Fischer has built up an oeuvre full of hidden meanings. humour and serious connotations. Balloons are reflected on broomsticks and burning candles on slowly rotating branches in a three-dimensional installation. LAST CHANCE TO SEE
I SORCHA DALLAS
5 St Margaret‘s Place. 553 2662. Tue Sat 1 5pm ((‘losed Sat 23 Sun 7).
The Metal Bridge Sat lo Dec Sat 20 Jan. lixhihit with Steven (‘laydoiL Thomas llelbig. Duncan Marquiss and
(‘raig Mulholland. NEW SHOW
Artist Spaces
I MARKET GALLERY
334 Duke Street. 556 7276. Tue Sat noon opm.
Deuces ex Machina t'ntil Sat to Dec. Free. lixchange show curated by Momenta Art of New York playing on