{"id":794,"date":"2008-03-28T09:00:45","date_gmt":"2008-03-28T13:00:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.londonmithraeum.com\/bloomberg-space-archive\/if\/"},"modified":"2017-07-18T08:47:57","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T12:47:57","slug":"if","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.londonmithraeum.com\/bloomberg-space-archive\/if\/","title":{"rendered":"if: people and places in recent film and video"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]<strong>Exhibition Dates:<\/strong> 28 March \u2013 10 May 2008<br \/>\nFilm and video makers Mark Boulos, Dwight Clarke, Stephen Connolly, Ben Rivers and Stephen Sutcliffe share an important moment in current practice in the way their work allows description and portrayal to play a central role. All of the works exhibited in if tell a story of some kind, carefully considered and beautifully crafted they can be characterised by a shared sensibility and a strong relationship to the mode of \u2018documentary\u2019. Yet the sense of \u2018real life\u2019 that we associate with a documentary is countered by the clearly subjective nature of some of the works. The camera not only reports but breaks with expectation to seek and explore hidden details.<\/p>\n<p>Within all the works, the artists\u2019 direct need to represent, to tell a story, or to portray a person is palpable. Mark Boulos\u2019 old man walks up a hill with his gnarled stick supporting him, and then talks openly and informally to the camera about faith and the approach of his death. In Stephen Connolly\u2019s Film for Tom another man is seen going about his everyday rituals of thinking and doing, in search of an identity. Stephen Sutcliffe\u2019s Transformations shows an elderly woman walking through a wood. She and a man, who works on a basic lathe, seem to represent another time whilst alluding to the present. Uniquely, there is a clever shift in all these films between possible nostalgia and current reportage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/assets.bbhub.io\/company\/sites\/31\/2017\/07\/ifEssay.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Essay<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_single_image image=&#8221;804&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; img_link_to_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_link_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;800&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; img_link_to_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_link_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;801&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; img_link_to_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_link_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;806&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; img_link_to_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_link_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_single_image image=&#8221;797&#8243; alignment=&#8221;center&#8221; img_link_to_large=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_link_lightbox=&#8221;yes&#8221; img_size=&#8221;large&#8221;][vc_separator][vc_column_text]<strong>Artists:<\/strong> Mark Boulos, Dwight Clarke, Stephen Connolly, Ben Rivers and Stephen Sutcliffe[\/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]<strong>Curators:<\/strong><br \/>\nSacha Craddock<br \/>\nGraham Gussin[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Exhibition Dates: 28 March \u2013 10 May 2008 Film and video makers Mark Boulos, Dwight Clarke, Stephen Connolly, Ben Rivers and Stephen Sutcliffe share an important moment in current practice in the way their work allows description and portrayal to play a central role. 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