![]() An audio-visual, electro dance incorporating live amplified cello music, hand-painted slides and hand-painted films turns the South Tank into a hypnotic and mystical environment. Television footage of 1960s political events and fragments filmed in working-class areas of Brooklyn and Manhattan reveals the transformation of New York City and its shattered political and economic system.īlack Zero 1965, considered a major early example of multimedia performance during the 1960s, is to be re-staged in its original form during this special one-off event in the Tanks at Tate Modern. Hernton, a poet and member of the Black Art Movement. Electronic sound compositions are intertwined with the spoken words of Calvin C. Going back to the traditional canons of expanded cinema and multimedia environment, Retracing Black reflects on the sensory mutation of the cinematic and videographic element, subverting found footage and TV-collage practices to provide the figurative element with an absolute, definite identity.Ī triptych of hand-painted 16mm films from the Black Film Series is featured along with unreleased works filmed by the artist in 1960s New York, while a series of projected ‘lumagrams’ – hand-painted glass slides – transforms cellular forms into a sculptural, kinetic installation. In this new work, the abstract expressionism and sculptural materiality explored by the artist merge into a synaesthetic triptych, which portrays the internal collapse of the dogmas and icons of the American consumer society. With Retracing Black, Aldo Tambellini and Atelier Impopulaire go back to the roots of New York’s darkest underground scene, creating a multimedia installation that originates from the experiences with the pictorial manipulation of the image and results in a reflection on the transition from video to experimental performance. ![]() ![]() Curated by Pia Bolognesi and Giulio Bursi with Stuart Comer
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