Themes in contemporary art, task 2. finished

Themes in contemporary art: Task 2

Imogen Stidworthy: Audio visual artist

Fig 1, Imogen Stidworthy. I hate. 2007. Still from, Audio visual instillation

When looking at the work of Imogen Stidworthy’s as with, I hate an audio visual piece that centres on language, we see that her works deal with the somatic and social impact of the spoken word. ‘She looks at how the use of language affects communication between people… her stratified instillations centring on language and combining a variety of media such as film, video and audio’ (muhka. 2008: DIE LUCKY BUSH  , I hate. 2007 was a video installation created for Documenta 12, the work focuses on Edward Woodman a British photographer who as the result of a cycling accident suffered aphasia and with the aid of a speech therapist had to learn to speak again. 

Bibliography

Art Feast Interviews Imogen Stidworthy. Available: http://www.artfeast.co.uk/2011/11/art-feast-interviews-imogen-stidworthy/. Last accessed 5th Feb 2012.

Coulter-Smith,G. (2007). Documenta Doldrums: Part 2. Available: http://artintelligence.net/review/?p=109. Last accessed 5th Feb 2012.

FLAMIN. (2011). About the Artist. Available: http://flamin.filmlondon.org.uk/projects/projectscurrent/jarmanaward/jarman_award_11/stidworthy. Last accessed 5th Feb 2012. Art Feast. (2011).

Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen. (2008). DIE LUCKY BUSH a project of Imogen Stidworthy. Available: http://www.muhka.be/toont_beeldende_kunst_detail.php?la=en&id=2349. Last accessed 5th Feb 2012.