The International 3

Preview

27th October 6pm -8pm

Exhibition Continues

28th October - 25th November 2006

Exhibition Opening Times

Weds - Sat,12pm -5pm

PRESS RELEASE

“If you believe wholeheartedly in the world of matter-of-fact events, then, when for a moment all this concrete reality seems to quiver and the impossible peeps through, the effect is shattering.”

C.St.John Sprigg, Uncanny Stories. London: Thomas Nelson, 1936 [intro p.X]

For beside ourselves, Brass Art’s first solo show at The International 3, these three collaborating artists premiere Interposition (2006) a single channel looped projection in which the shadow forms of the artists inhabit a terminal link at Manchester Airport. Amidst the flow of regular night time travellers, their ghosted doubles share this between-space with the relentless rhythm of the travellator. They appear and disappear, unseen by their more solid companions.

 

Alongside this haunting film they present a series of wall mounted, hand-cut, powder-coated brass silhouettes, illuminated by a moving light source. Above, About, Below (2006) presents a shadow play of an impossible balancing act performed by the artists. They climb, jump, teeter and fall in a cycle of actions and triangular configurations. The figures are brought to life in sequence by a travelling light source, only to be rendered invisible again by its passing.

“The limen, the threshold or margin, the place that is no-place, in which the subject is rendered invisible – a shadow, a negative, a … fragment…And that no-place – u-topia – is the place at once of art and of dying.”

Stephen Greenblatt, Liminal States and Transformations in Rites of Passage: Art for the End of the Century, ed. Stuart Morgan & Frances Morris. London: Tate Gallery Publications, 1995, [pp28-30]

For further information and images contact Laurence Lane on 07960 038 063 or email ll@international3.com.

The exhibition is accompanied by a commissioned text written by Lisa Le Feuvre

Animals that from a long way off look like flies, Lisa Le Feuvre

The exhibition is suported by Arts Council England, University of Sheffield, MITES, University of Chester