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Proximity Effect

Nick Grew, Low Profile, onec, Red Ape,
Marianne Torrance and Ray White

29 November 2008 – 11 January 2009

A series of performances, installations, videos and live music by visual artists from the city of Plymouth. The group is brought together for the first time, each with their own individual practice and curatorial experience, to consider the effect of their proximity to the city and each other.

The exhibition opens with a marathon performance by Low Profile watching the entire hit 1980s TV show MacGyver, back-to-back, cataloguing their numerous ways of saving the day.

Rooting contemporary music to locality and heritage, onec have invited bands and musicians to interpret songs of the sea for a compilation LP. Ray White creates an arm-wrestling forum in the galleries, alongside a relaxation room by the Grimmer & Steele Trust. Nick Grew presents a new film, Grain Silo, featuring the erstwhile relic of Plymouth’s skyline.

Marianne Torrance continues her research with peple who share her passion for ecology, exploring art and marine science collaborations, in partnership with the Marine Biological Association and Plymouth City Council. Red Ape is an enquiry into the relationship between language and live performance. Curated by Mark Greenwood, the project explores issues around male identity and anxieties.

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Image: The Grain Silo, artist: Nick Grew. Photo: Nick King.
 

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