John Wood and Paul Harrison:

Twenty-Six (Drawing and Falling Things)

John Wood and Paul Harrison have been working together in video since 1993, combining elements of performance and sculpture. Their work comprises a series of recorded experiments, in which the human body is used as a tool to explore spatial boundaries, using dead pan humour and a combination of artist made objects and everyday items. In 2001 Wood and Harrison collaborated with Picture This, Bristol to tour a new body of work Twenty-Six (Drawing and Falling Things). Supported by the Henry Moore Foundation.

The works in Twenty-Six are designed to be shown simultaneously on twenty-six monitors. They comprise a series of recorded experiments which form a kind of reference catalogue of diagrams or working models that research human size, scale and movement in relation to a devised architectural environment. Their visual language is coded, almost like human algebra, an equation of human body to hard surface.

A box set of 26 drawings and 26 short texts by artists such as Richard Wentworth was published to coincide with the touring exhibition.


Exhibition:
23 January – 3 March 2002, Chisenhale Gallery, London
12 April – 29 June 2002, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland
22 June – 20 July 2002, Newlyn Art Gallery, Cornwall