Screen and Screen Again

Screen and Screen Again is a programme of short video works made for exhibition on television monitors in unusual public locations. There is an historical precedence of artists working with the physical and conceptual properties of the television dating back to the 1960s and the pioneering work of Nam June Paik. The artists’ works share a concern with performance or duration and are constructed to surprise or intrigue viewer’s perceptions. The artists have used a range of techniques to produce their work, from underwater video cameras and digital imaging to the manipulation of an archive film print.

New commissions were Lulu Quinn’s Burst, Philip Walker’s Plunge Pool, Joe Magee’s Kulture Klinic, Monika Oechsler’s Jump, Adam Black’s Untitled 1 & 2 and Colin Andrews’ I may be some time. Also included were John Wood and Paul Harrison’s Device and Tony Hill’s Holding the Viewer.

Funded by South West Arts and organised as a collaboration between Picture This and Watershed.

The project toured to 30 locations across the South West, including hairdressers, bars and libraries.