Suspension of Disbelief (for Marine), 1991-92
Four-channel video installation
Thirty modified 12-inch black-and-white video monitors (cathode ray tubes removed from chassis) inset in aluminum beam, computer with controlling software written in DOS, computer-controlled video switcher utilizing four inputs and thirty outputs, time code reader, four-channel synchronizer, four DVD players and four DVDs (black-and-white; silent)
Dimensions of beam: 12 h. x 330 x 9 in. (30 x 836 x 23 cm.)
Edition of two and one artist’s proof
Suspension of Disbelief (for Marine) consists of thirty modified 12-inch black-and-white video monitors mounted on the face of an aluminum beam measuring 12 h. x 330 x 9 inches (30 x 836 x 23 cm.). The ends of the beam are flush and supported by the outer walls of the space. The images consist of close-up probing and scanning of the bodies of a man and a woman, segments of which flicker back and forth across the length of the beam. At times, the rapid switching of the images gives the illusion of larger areas of the body smeared across several screens. On occasion, both bodies are seen moving towards each other, overlapping one another and then breaking apart, leaving disembodied fragments in their wake.
An example of this work was first exhibited at “Doubletake: Collective Memory and Current Art,” Hayward Gallery, London, England, February 20 – April 20, 1992. Travelled to: Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria, January 8 – February 28, 1993.
“Gary Hill,” Le Creux de l’Enfer, Centre d’art Contemporain, Thiers, France, July 4 – September 13, 1992.
“Gary Hill,” (travelling exhibition organized by the Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France), Musée national d’art moderne, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France, November 25, 1992 – January 24, 1993; Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno (IVAM), Centre del Carme,Valencia, Spain, February 26 – May 2, 1993; Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, August 28 – October 10, 1993; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria, November 17, 1993 – January 9, 1994.
Solo exhibition. Donald Young Gallery, Seattle, Washington, January 29 – March 12, 1993.
“Gary Hill,” (travelling exhibition organized by the Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D. C., February 17 – May 8, 1994; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Illinois, September 24 – November 27, 1994; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, California, December 19, 1994 – March 12, 1995; Guggenheim Museum SoHo, New York, New York, May 11 – August 20, 1995.
“Gary Hill: Installations, vidéos,” Centre d’art contemporain de Castres, Castres, France, June 26 – August 29, 1996.
“Amours,” Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemprain, Paris, France, June 5 – November 2, 1997.
“Blickwechsel,” Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM), Karlsruhe, Germany, September 9, 1998 – April 5, 1999
“The Anagrammatical Body: The Body and Its Photographic Condition,” (travelling exhibition organized by the Neue Galerie Graz am Landesmuseum Joanneum), Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie (ZKM), Karlsruhe, Germany, April 8 – June 18, 2000.
“L’Empire du Temps,” Musée du Louvre, Paris, France, April 10 – July 10, 2000.
“Gary Hill: Selected Works,” Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany, November 10, 2001 – March 10, 2002. Travelled to: Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon, Portugal, October 10, 2002 – January 12, 2003.
“Vidéo Topiques: Tours et retours de l’art vidéo,” Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg, France; October 18, 2002 – February 2, 2003.
“Image, Body, Text: Selected Works by Gary Hill,” San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA, March 24 – May 30, 2005.
“The Cinema Effect: Illusion, Reality, and the Moving Image, Part I: Dreams,” The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC, February 13 – May 11, 2008.
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FremdKörper – corps étranger – Foreign Body. Basel: Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Öffentliche Kunstsammlung Basel, 1996, p. 18.
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