GILL WAS HERE, 2017
Gillian Kayrooz, Gill Was Here, 2017, Polyester Banner,
3 x 1.5m x 10m, Single Channel HD Video, Colour, Sound, 16:9, 1'40", Residency Showcase, Chengdu Academy of Fine Arts, China.
3 x 1.5m x 10m, Single Channel HD Video, Colour, Sound, 16:9, 1'40", Residency Showcase, Chengdu Academy of Fine Arts, China.
Gill Was Here is a large public artwork installed at the Chengdu Academy of Fine Arts in China in 2017. This work experimented with the boundaries of language and dialogue, whilst responding to the architecture of the space.
This was achieved through three ten metre banners suspended off a main university building, which combined institutional features with local and historical graffiti slang. It discreetly (using phonetic combinatons of the mandarin language to produce audible english sentences) broadcasted the phrases, “Gill Was Here”, “Crack is Wack” and “Your Mum Looks Good Today” in large white block letters against a crimson red background.
This was achieved through three ten metre banners suspended off a main university building, which combined institutional features with local and historical graffiti slang. It discreetly (using phonetic combinatons of the mandarin language to produce audible english sentences) broadcasted the phrases, “Gill Was Here”, “Crack is Wack” and “Your Mum Looks Good Today” in large white block letters against a crimson red background.
Gillian Kayrooz, Gill Was Here, 2017, Polyester Banner, 3 x 1.5m x 10m, Single Channel HD Video, Colour, Sound, 16:9, 1'40", Residency Showcase, Chengdu Academy of Fine Arts, China.
Gillian Kayrooz, Gill Was Here, 2017, Polyester Banner, 3 x 1.5m x 10m, Single Channel HD Video, Colour, Sound, 16:9, 1'40", Residency Showcase, Chengdu Academy of Fine Arts, China.
The Chengdu Academy of Fine Arts, Chengdu, China
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