[cthorsion scrypt fantomsens] | Screening: Pop Apocalyptic – After Dark
Animation- Fri 20.May @ 22:00 - 23:00
- Sun 22.May @ 21:00 - 22:00
Excavating the intimate interrelations between writing and death, a virtual ka-mera scans a phantom shrouded figure in an anechoic chamber. Linear text bursts into an asignifying swarm where the letter C escapes and descends into a presignifying regime.Text in red is reworked Visayan Cebuano possession shamanic rituals.
Duration: 5:28 min
ARTISTS
Chris Boyd (UK)
Chris Boyd is a British contemporary artist whose multi-media work is preoccupied with the interrelationships with technology and modes of Being. Boyd has shown work at a wide variety of galleries, events and venues, including Tate Online, FACT, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art, The Lowry, Roundhouse, Urbis, Corsica Studios, The Bigger Picture with The Cornerhouse. A broad spectrum of Boyd’s visual art and commercial work has been broadcast including music video channels, MTV, 4 Music, BBC 2, Channel 4 and Channel 5. He was joint winner of the Big Art Challenge UK Art Prize in 2004, a 6 part series on channel 5. A recipient of a Microwave award from FACT in 2004. In 2005 he provided a video in 40 Artists 40 Days, a special Tate Britain project supporting London’s Olympic bid that brought the games to Britain in 2012.
