Kim Coleman & Jenny Hogarth

Kim Coleman & Jenny Hogarth's work explores the dichotomy between the artificial and the natural in various ways; through themes of the man-made and the ‘natural', the choreographed and non-choreographed. On the boundary between the representational and the non-representational, their videos are presented in ways which reflect back upon their subject but also on the tools and actions involved in creating, compiling and editing them.

Kim & Jenny's new multi-screen video installation Act Natural uses light as a medium and a subject and explores simple modifications made to the artists and their environment.

These works follow on from the artists' previous work in performance , recent events and exhibitions include an experiment in re-enactment based upon the Boyle family's seminal 1965 happening Oh What a Lovely Whore (ICA London, April 2008) and the video installation Affect, Connect, Reflect (Phillips de Pury, New York, March 2008).

The work is installed in the eclectic heritage site the Museum of Bath at Work, and is set amongst a plethora of memorabilia from the last 200 years of working Bath . Though part filmed at the Museum, Act Natural does not set out to directly engage the permanent collection; rather it considers how changing light and time frames the routine of a day, week, month or year.

Act Natural by Kim Coleman & Jenny Hogarth was produced by Picture This and is a joint commission between AMIE, Picture This and South West Screen as part of Recorded Live, a programme of new performance to camera moving image works. Recorded Live is supported by Arts Council England Lottery Funding.

Exhibition

The work will be presented at the AMIE/08 exhibition in association with the Bath Film Festival 2008.

www.bathfilmfestival.org.uk/act-natural.html