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Character Development
Six video installations by Sophia Al-Maria, Korakrit Arunanondchai, Sara Cwynar, Alex Da Corte, Beatrice Gibson and Martine Syms, each artist on screen in shifting guises; with KADIST.
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A troop of macaques nibbles on a life-like replica of Korakrit Arunanondchai's face, in a film lit by candles, thermal imaging and a burning effigy. Every artist in this show is on screen in some disguise, and his is a man trying to summon a ghost monkey with five glowing green eyes.
You walk into a dark warehouse at 1201 Minnesota Street where six large projections are the only light. Alex Da Corte slowly turns himself into Frankenstein on a bare white set, Martine Syms fills four channels, and Sara Cwynar, Sophia Al-Maria and Beatrice Gibson complete the six. Genevieve Quick of 48 Hills called it "exhilarating" and one of the space's most successful installs. The show closes on Halloween, and Da Corte's Frankenstein took more patience than your costume will.
Entry is free, but hours are short: Thursdays and Fridays 3 to 7pm, Saturdays noon to 6pm. Sofía Córdova performs AY NO SE there on Friday 23 October at 7pm, also free.
Look for
The ghost monkey in Unity for Nostalgia
Look for Arunanondchai's two-channel film where he tries to conjure a monkey with five glowing green eyes, between orange filters, thermal imaging and a burning effigy.
Da Corte becoming Frankenstein
In Slow Graffiti he applies prosthetics and makeup on a white set, then lies on the floor, dances to a silent song and eats dinner alone.
Good for
- Cheap Culture
- Rainy Days
Skip if
You're squeamish: one film shows bloody, writhing bodies and monkeys nibbling a replica of the artist's face.
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Image credits
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- Character DevelopmentMinnesota Street Project
- Martin Venezky: Process WorkLetterform Archive
- Type for All! Ten Years of Type WestLetterform Archive
- Caguiat Delacruz: The TrampCCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts
- Minnesota Street ProjectPigeonChickenFish / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Letterform ArchiveClyde Charles Brown / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary ArtsMariwlqs / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0