CHARLES DANBY
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| 2008 SIXTY SECOND ROLLERCOASTER / 2 February - 8 March Rob Smith Private View 3 February 6.30-8.30pm Talk 20 February 7-8pm Admission Free, no booking requiredwww.siobhandavies.com/art As part of Siobhan Davies Studios exhibition programme Visual Artist Rob Smith presents his new work Sixty Second Rollercoaster. Sixty Second Rollercoaster is a series of new photographic, sculptural and animation works that explore the relationship between the still and moving image, continuing from his recent works WINDscale (2007-2008) and KiteSound (2006/2008). Rollercoaster (2009) takes the form of a generic theme park rollercoaster; a carriage with a front mounted camera is moved steadily around the track taking an image with each short movement forward. These images are sequenced to produce a stop frame animation in which the viewer is taken speedily for a ride around the loops and dips of the rollercoaster. The work captures snapshots of Siobhan Davies Studios and the activity of its occupants as the slow capture process of the camera reconfigures the comings and goings of the day through a time-lapse sequence. Rob Smith extends the potential of the still image further in the poster work 3D Coaster (2009), an anaglyph rendering of the rollercoaster that springs into three-dimensions when viewed through red/blue 3d glasses. Untitled Polaroids (2008) is a sequence of ten images captured on an island of land between the M11 and North Circular in East London taken using a hybrid pinhole/Polaroid camera. |  |
| Rob Smith, Rollercoaster (2009) |
| ADDITIONAL On the 20th February Rob Smith will install the work 1440frames (2008) during a rehearsal of Siobhan Davies’ new work The Collection, condensing a panoramic view of a six-hour rehearsal into a one-minute animation. Later that evening in an open public talk this animation will be shown and discussed in conversation with artist David Cotterrell and choreographer Siobhan Davies. Exhibition curated by Charles Danby Siobhan Davies Studios 85 St George’s Road London SE1 6ER T- 020 7091 9650 E- info@siobhandavies.com Nearest tube: Elephant & Castle, Lambeth North Gallery Times: Mon-Thu 10am-8pm, Fri-Sat 10am-5pm, Sunday 10am-2pm Notes to Editors This March contemporary dance choreographer, Siobhan Davies collaborates with leading London gallerist Victoria Miro to present The Collection. Comprising new commissioned works presented by dance artists, performers and leading visual artists (including Conrad Shawcross, Anri Sala and Idris Khan), The Collection takes place simultaneously at Siobhan Davies Studios and Victoria Miro Gallery in North London from 24 March until 9 April. Admission to both spaces is free. |