I had been performing and installing Finding Chopin since 2005 and by around 2014 both the performing and staging of installations began to occupy too much mental space. Not only in terms of the construction and preservation of new and old narratives but also in terms of determining the contextual conditions of my practice. Prior to developing Finding Chopin into film installations this work was mainly performed as live spoken narrations, and often accompanied by a table installation consisting of photographs, documents, found objects, archival and travel paraphernalia as well as slide projections. And there was always a constant sense of movement and interaction of space (and exhibition architecture). One of the ideas behind the Chopin (Alma Verse) film was to retain this sense, and the slide projection became a metronome to drive the spatialisation of the installation, while the spoken narrations (of my daughter, Alma, and myself) had their own pace and rhythm.
Chopin (Alma Verse)
2018
Exhibition view of Chopin (Alma Verse), 16mm film projection accompanied by a multi-track soundwork on speakers and headphones. Solo exhibition Walking Sonic Texts – Sound Poetry and Movement in Space at Jan Mot, Brussels. November 2018 until December 2018
Exhibition detail of Chopin (Alma Verse). Solo exhibition Walking Sonic Texts – Sound Poetry and Movement in Space at Jan Mot, Brussels. November 2018 until December 2018
Exhibition view of Chopin (Alma Verse), 16mm film projection accompanied by a multi-track soundwork on speakers and headphones. Solo exhibition Walking Sonic Texts – Sound Poetry and Movement in Space at Jan Mot, Brussels. November 2018 until December 2018
Exhibition detail of Chopin (Alma Verse). Solo exhibition Walking Sonic Texts – Sound Poetry and Movement in Space at Jan Mot, Brussels. November 2018 until December 2018
Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex
2014
Exhibition view of lightbox installation, Addendum I (Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex), 2014, and 2K video projection Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex, 2014, and 35mm slide installation Postscript IV (Berlin), 2014, at Turner Prize 2014 exhibition, Tate Britain, London. September 2014 until January 2015
Exhibition view of lightbox installation, Addendum I (Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex), 2014, and 2K video projection Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex, 2014, and 35mm slide installation Postscript IV (Berlin), 2014, at Turner Prize 2014 exhibition, Tate Britain, London. September 2014 until January 2015
Installation view of lightbox installation, Addendum I (Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex), 2014, at Turner Prize 2014 exhibition, Tate Britain, London. September 2014 until January 2015
Installation detail of lightbox installation, Addendum I (Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex), 2014, at Turner Prize 2014 exhibition, Tate Britain, London. September 2014 until January 2015
Installation detail of lightbox installation, Addendum I (Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex), 2014, at Turner Prize 2014 exhibition, Tate Britain, London. September 2014 until January 2015
Exhibition view of table, video and 35mm slide projection Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex, 2014, at Tris Vonna-Michell exhibition, VOX – Centre de l’image contemporaine, Montreal. February until April 2014
Installation detail of table, video and 35mm slide projection Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex, 2014, at Tris Vonna-Michell exhibition, VOX – Centre de l’image contemporaine, Montreal. February until April 2014
Installation detail of table, video and 35mm slide projection Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex, 2014, at Tris Vonna-Michell exhibition, VOX – Centre de l’image contemporaine, Montreal. February until April 2014
Exhibition view of lightbox installation, Addendum I (Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex), 2014, and 2K video projection Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex, 2014, and 35mm slide installation Postscript IV (Berlin), 2014, at Turner Prize 2014 exhibition, Tate Britain, London. September 2014 until January 2015
Exhibition view of lightbox installation, Addendum I (Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex), 2014, and 2K video projection Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex, 2014, and 35mm slide installation Postscript IV (Berlin), 2014, at Turner Prize 2014 exhibition, Tate Britain, London. September 2014 until January 2015
Installation view of lightbox installation, Addendum I (Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex), 2014, at Turner Prize 2014 exhibition, Tate Britain, London. September 2014 until January 2015
Installation detail of lightbox installation, Addendum I (Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex), 2014, at Turner Prize 2014 exhibition, Tate Britain, London. September 2014 until January 2015
Installation detail of lightbox installation, Addendum I (Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex), 2014, at Turner Prize 2014 exhibition, Tate Britain, London. September 2014 until January 2015
Exhibition view of table, video and 35mm slide projection Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex, 2014, at Tris Vonna-Michell exhibition, VOX – Centre de l’image contemporaine, Montreal. February until April 2014
Installation detail of table, video and 35mm slide projection Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex, 2014, at Tris Vonna-Michell exhibition, VOX – Centre de l’image contemporaine, Montreal. February until April 2014
Installation detail of table, video and 35mm slide projection Finding Chopin: Dans l’Essex, 2014, at Tris Vonna-Michell exhibition, VOX – Centre de l’image contemporaine, Montreal. February until April 2014
Chopin
2018
Exhibition view of Chopin, 35mm slide and 2K video installation, 2018, Perforations II (Wasteful Illuminations) photo-montage dibond print, 2018, and Smoke & Mirrors dibond print, 2018. Solo exhibition Material Longevities at Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon. May 2018 until July 2018
Exhibition detail of Chopin, 35mm slide and 2K video installation accompanied by soundwork on headphones. Solo exhibition Material Longevities at Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon. May 2018 until July 2018
Exhibition detail of Chopin, 35mm slide and 2K video installation accompanied by soundwork on headphones. Solo exhibition Material Longevities at Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon. May 2018 until July 2018
Exhibition detail of Chopin, 35mm slide and 2K video installation accompanied by soundwork on headphones. Solo exhibition Material Longevities at Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon. May 2018 until July 2018
Exhibition view of Chopin, 35mm slide and 2K video installation accompanied by soundwork on speakers. Group exhibition Involucri pittorici rigidi - a descriptive evening of a publication at Italian Cultural Institute, Stockholm. May 2018 until June 2018
Exhibition view of Chopin, 35mm slide and 2K video installation, 2018, Perforations II (Wasteful Illuminations) photo-montage dibond print, 2018, and Smoke & Mirrors dibond print, 2018. Solo exhibition Material Longevities at Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon. May 2018 until July 2018
Exhibition detail of Chopin, 35mm slide and 2K video installation accompanied by soundwork on headphones. Solo exhibition Material Longevities at Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon. May 2018 until July 2018
Exhibition detail of Chopin, 35mm slide and 2K video installation accompanied by soundwork on headphones. Solo exhibition Material Longevities at Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon. May 2018 until July 2018
Exhibition detail of Chopin, 35mm slide and 2K video installation accompanied by soundwork on headphones. Solo exhibition Material Longevities at Galeria Francisco Fino, Lisbon. May 2018 until July 2018
