Yard

Turk, G (2015) Yard. CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain, 25 July - 15 December 2015.

Item Type: Exhibition
Creators: Turk, G
Abstract: Artistic ‘regeneration’ – here applied to his own practice – is the underlying concept of Turk’s latest work: Yard, a short film shot in the vacant lot adjacent to Turk’s studio, one of the few industrial plots not yet re-developed in East London’s property boom. Framing this rubbish strewn brown site in the vernacular of shoot ‘em up video games, Turk positions the viewer as artist-avatar on a stealth-like and predatory mission to repurpose territory in modernism’s wasteland. As the camera surveils capitalism’s ruins – debris which reappears in the sculptural elements of the show – the defunct and discarded are scrutinized as cultural relics and potential creative solutions. Text by Patricia Ellis.
Official URL: http://www.ccandratx.com/en/p367/kunsthalle-archiv...
Date: July 2015
Event Location: CCA Andratx, Mallorca, Spain
Divisions: Bath School of Art, Film and Media
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Date Deposited: 16 Nov 2016 17:45
Last Modified: 15 Aug 2021 09:44
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