Liam Gillick’s Two Short Plays at Eastside Projects
Written by Nicky Getgood on Saturday, November 28th, 2009 ( One response )
Tags: Eastside Projects, Liam Gillick, Two Short Plays
Currently on at Eastside Projects is a solo of exhibition of Two Short Plays by Liam Gillick, ‘one of the most significant artists to emerge from the UK in the last twenty years’. The first play, Lapdog of the Bourgeoisie, is a one-act murder-mystery play based on an episode of Sabrina the Teenage Witch (short extract above):
Staged as a visit to a critical culturemystery exhibition the shifting set of characters includes The Museum Director, The Art Collective, The Curator, Collector A & B and Liam The characters are caught in a reality loop only broken by solving the murder that has taken place in the gallery.
The second piece is Mirrored Image: A “Volvo” bar, which uses Eastside Projects as:
…a stage on which social phenomena of a post-industrial society are played out, presenting a core aspect in Gillick’s work – the negotiation of models of community. The parallel with the closing of car manufacturing in Birmingham over recent years adds an extra reality check to Gillick’s contingent mise en scene.
The plays will be performed at 2pm and 3.30pm Thurs-Sat until 23 Jan, and a Special Resolution on Sun 20 Dec with Liam Gillick giving an artist’s talk at 2pm and matinee performance 3-5pm. The gallery is closed for Christmas 20 Dec-6 Jan.
