Hildur Margretardottir, Eloise Fornielis and Kate Hawkins - Intimate Experiences
12 May - 17 Jun 2006
BISCHOFF/WEISS is pleased to present the opening of 'Intimte
Experiences', an exhibition including new video and photographic works
by Icelandic artist Hildur Margretardottir. Also coinciding with 'Intimate
Experiences' is a group show curated by Charlotte Shinerock featuring
the emerging artists Eloise Fornieles and Kate Hawkins. Works in by
these artists respond to different modes of human communication,
exploring the instinctual and reactionary in contrast to social conforms
and etiquette.
"Through recorded images and sounds, time has such been stilled and
through replay, viewing and listening, we can come to understand the
value of being amazed in the moment itself"
Closeness and tensions between family roles is adressed in the work of
Hildur Margretardottir. Using Film and Photography Margretardottir
locates her fascination in the ordinary. In the video piece ' Untitled,
2005' time passes at a pace whereby the gestures of intimacy become
magnified and heightened. Using real time she captures the
randomness of everyday interactions choosing her family as her subject
matter. Positioned in the centre the husband is a shoulder for the
daughter to lean on whilst he also holds his son in his arms. They
remain in this confrontational silence throughout the film submitting to
being the object of the mother's gaze. In an attempt to capture simple
human interactions Margretardottir enables us to perceive them with an
attentive mind.
Works by Eloise Fornieles and Kate Hawkins look at how domestic roles
can vary outside of the usual family unit. In the Forneilises'
collaborative piece 'Sibling Rivalry' closeness and sexual tensions
between family roles is adressed in sibling adult relationships of the
opposite sex. Only sheltered by shadows the sexual proximity between
the participants unorthodoxly confront given methods of social conduct
as though to extract a degree of uncomfortability within the spectator.
Hawkins plays the other side of the coin by embracing social conform.
In the work 'Eternal Peas' Hawkins entertains how etiquette can used to
mask our instinctual selves. Through executing extreme measures of
social rules this piece allows us to find entertainment in our extensive
and elaborate codes of social conduct. A piece which proves how
ridiculous social conform be if purposely misused.
Margretardottir (b. 1968) was educated at the Icelandic College of Art
and Crafts, and graduated in 2005 from the Slade School of Art with a
Masters in Fine Art.
Fornieles (b. 1981) studied at her BA in Fine Art at Kingston University
in Surrey, Hawkin's (b. 1981) at Edinburgh. They both will be
graduating from Slade MA program this year.
For further press information please call 0207 033 0309, or email
info@bischoffweiss.com
Open Wednesday to Saturday 11am - 6pm and by appointment.
Experiences', an exhibition including new video and photographic works
by Icelandic artist Hildur Margretardottir. Also coinciding with 'Intimate
Experiences' is a group show curated by Charlotte Shinerock featuring
the emerging artists Eloise Fornieles and Kate Hawkins. Works in by
these artists respond to different modes of human communication,
exploring the instinctual and reactionary in contrast to social conforms
and etiquette.
"Through recorded images and sounds, time has such been stilled and
through replay, viewing and listening, we can come to understand the
value of being amazed in the moment itself"
Closeness and tensions between family roles is adressed in the work of
Hildur Margretardottir. Using Film and Photography Margretardottir
locates her fascination in the ordinary. In the video piece ' Untitled,
2005' time passes at a pace whereby the gestures of intimacy become
magnified and heightened. Using real time she captures the
randomness of everyday interactions choosing her family as her subject
matter. Positioned in the centre the husband is a shoulder for the
daughter to lean on whilst he also holds his son in his arms. They
remain in this confrontational silence throughout the film submitting to
being the object of the mother's gaze. In an attempt to capture simple
human interactions Margretardottir enables us to perceive them with an
attentive mind.
Works by Eloise Fornieles and Kate Hawkins look at how domestic roles
can vary outside of the usual family unit. In the Forneilises'
collaborative piece 'Sibling Rivalry' closeness and sexual tensions
between family roles is adressed in sibling adult relationships of the
opposite sex. Only sheltered by shadows the sexual proximity between
the participants unorthodoxly confront given methods of social conduct
as though to extract a degree of uncomfortability within the spectator.
Hawkins plays the other side of the coin by embracing social conform.
In the work 'Eternal Peas' Hawkins entertains how etiquette can used to
mask our instinctual selves. Through executing extreme measures of
social rules this piece allows us to find entertainment in our extensive
and elaborate codes of social conduct. A piece which proves how
ridiculous social conform be if purposely misused.
Margretardottir (b. 1968) was educated at the Icelandic College of Art
and Crafts, and graduated in 2005 from the Slade School of Art with a
Masters in Fine Art.
Fornieles (b. 1981) studied at her BA in Fine Art at Kingston University
in Surrey, Hawkin's (b. 1981) at Edinburgh. They both will be
graduating from Slade MA program this year.
For further press information please call 0207 033 0309, or email
info@bischoffweiss.com
Open Wednesday to Saturday 11am - 6pm and by appointment.