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Indepth Arts News: "Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard: Everybody Else is Wrong" 2004-02-05 until 2004-02-28 Pavilion Montreal, QC, CA Canada
Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard have worked in collaboration since 1994. Based in London England, they are fixated on producing challenging and accessible art. To this degree they source music as their material, with its potential to impact the audience in a more direct and emotional manner than most visual art. Working with what they refer to as 'Live Art' they have realized a number of major projects - a meticulous reenactment of David Bowie's last performance and Ziggy Stardust at the Institute of Contemporary Art and more recently 'File Under Sacred Music a re-enactment and remaking of a bootleg video of The Cramps performing at Napa State Mental Institute from 1978. 'Everybody Else is wrong' brings the interactive foundations of these events into a gallery space. On a material level, the work relies on personal mix-tapes. Through video interviews with the tapes' authors, Iain and Jane and their subjects reveal that it is not the cultural weight of these songs but their ability to become ingrained in our lives that is important.
This exhibition was made possible through the support of the British Council, Concordia University Student Union, Fine Arts Student Alliance, Reservoir and Art Matters Festival.
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