A minimalist film by Tony Conrad

Tony Conrad explains his work 'Yellow Movie 2/28/73' during 'The Language of Less' exhibition at the MCA in Chicago in December 2011:

"I wanted to push the frame, and I didn't know exactly how to push the framework, except to do things like this, so I could imagine you see that it would be possible to actually to get very close and then manufacture the material, to manufacture the actual emulsion material somehow and this would enable a completely different understanding of what film would be like and what it would do and I thought in terms of long durations...  and so I should make a film that just beggars Andy Warhol's 24 hour long film.  I'll make one that'll last fifty years.  But how..."

"...and so in that way it's sort of also revealing something about the relationship between paint and architecture, that paint is a movie record of what goes on in the space..."

The clip was shown at S1 Artspace in Sheffield on Saturday 10. March 2012 during the discussion between the artist Jennifer West and Gregory Kurcewicz.  Jennifer West's exhibition 'Aloe Vera and Butter', which consists of two large scale video triptychs, is showing there until 17. March. 2012.

Further material can be found on Tony Conrad's website, which includes his essay 'Duration' from 2004.

The Dormitorium: The Brothers Quay

Some photos from the exhibition of the work of the Brothers Quay that is currently showing at the crypt of the Town Hall in Leeds...

(all photos © Russell Light, October 2011)


Further details of the exhibition can be downloaded here.

There is also a suitably eccentric interview with the Quay Brothers from when the Dormitorium exhibition premiered in Philadelphia in 2009...



Interestingly, particularly given the comments that the Brothers Quay make about lighting in this interview, the exhibition in Philadelphia took place in a brightly lit, white walled gallery space, with the 'décors' mounted on plain white plinths. In the crypt at Leeds Town Hall a very contrasting approach was taken, which has resulted in a much more atmospheric exhibition. The crypt was only lit by the lighting that was necessary to illuminate the interior worlds of the 'décors' and the exhibits' shipping crates were themselves used as raw plinths.

An entry about the Brothers Quay's film on anamorphosis can be found on my perspective resources site.

Studio One - 'The Street' exhibition

Studio One work is currently on display at part of the School of Architecture's summer exhibition.

This year Studio One explored ‘The Street’ through a variety of collective drawn and modelled tasks, culminating in an interactive public exhibition of 'The Street' held at Bank St .Arts, Sheffield. The emphasis on the interaction between architecture and public space provided a rich field of study for a variety of urban phenomena and relationships.  These explorations formed the basis of the individual design agendas that were developed throughout the year.

Lucy Block - Life on the Threshold, MArch, Year 6

Dan Chen - Node, MAAD course

Tom Hudson - Re Collections of Berlin, MArch, Year 6, Pass with Distinction, Stephen Welsh Prize in Architecture

Alessandro Paladin - Officina Teatrale Malvasia, MArch, Year 6

Alistair Randall - Wootton Bassett, Military Museum, MArch, Year 6

Dan Scott - Sub-Strata, Year 5

Jonathan Shaw - What We Leave Behind, MArch, Year 6, Pass with Distinction

Joe Shepherd - Songs of the City, MArch, Year 6

Wenhao Sun - Street Island - Local Life, MAAD course, Pass with Distinction

Dan Walder - The Laundry House, Year 5

Ruizhao Zhang - The Street/Border, MAAD course, Pass with Distinction

(all images © University of Sheffield)


For further information and details of previous studios, see 'Studio One'.

Summer exhibition

The School of Architecture's Summer Exhibition opens at 5pm on Friday 17. June. The exhibition will include a wide range of project work from across the different courses and year groups.

The exhibition will remain open, 9am to 5pm, Monday to Friday, until 22. July.

A fully illustrated catalogue will also be available.

This will be the School's last major event at the Crookesmoor Building, before we move back into the newly renovated Arts Tower, ready for the beginning of the new academic year in September.

(invite designed by Dan Walder, Y5)