Skip to main content
Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson, The Fireworks, 2007. Installation view at FACT.
— 

At 25 Metres

A major new body of video works, featuring three new video works that we we commissioned, exploring the complexities of faith in contemporary society.

Opening in 2007, At 25 Metres, was a major show of new video works. For the exhibition we commissioned three pieces; The Fireworks, The Name of God and Two Leprechauns, while a fourth, The Carriers' Prayer, has been commissioned by Film & Video Umbrella.

These works eloquently explore the complexities of faith, using the symbolic potential of fire and light. Notions of collective celebration and worship, shared civic space and cultural confusion are suggested, with each work possessing its own unique texture and character. Each work is a particular configuration of a space, and of an action that unfolds within it, and settings range from a dark abandoned chapel to the clean geometry of a modernist gallery space. The effects constructed by the artists include the meditative rhythms of movement in The Name of God and the disconcerting shrieking of burning plastic in The Carriers' Prayer . This use of sound is a key feature throughout, with the violent series of explosions of The Fireworks an aural as well as visual assault on the viewer.

Crowe and Rawlinson have created works that touch upon timely issues such as urban delinquency and 21st century conflict, whilst employing humour, contradiction and uncertainty to move beyond these themes and into less certain territory. Ideas are played out that are at once simple and concise, open and intriguing, fashioning moments of revelation and reflection from our cultural fabric.

Share:  FacebookTwitter

Supporters