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Highline Channel, The High Line
2012
New York, West 22nd Street
Installation view
Los Angeles based artist, Jennifer West employs
various unique processes to produce alchemical transformations
in her film based practice. The artist subjects 16, 35 and 70
mm film negative and leader to an eclectic range of idiosyncratic
substances including nailpolish, liquid eyeliner, "Teen
Spirit" deodorant, wine, spices, Jell-O shots, body glitter,
paintballs, Jack Daniels, hot springs water as well as such
physical interventions as skateboarding, smearing, crushing,
drawing and throwing. West is influenced by classical structuralist
film, urban mythology, folklore and popular culture, combining
everyday actions and materials to create hypnotic, fast paced
films. Performance is as essential to West's practice as the
material composition - united to not only construct the work
itself, but also provide a conceptual context. The titles are
similarly important. They denote the specific components, activities
and participants involved in making the respective film, decipher
the enigmatic imagery for the viewer and become evidence of
the event/action. Her silent films have a strong snesthetic
effect, in that she causes the viewers to taste or smell the
"ingredients" that led to her particular visual expression. |
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Highline Channel, The High Line
2012
New York, West 22nd Street
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Aloe Vera and Butter
2012
S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK
Installation view |
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Aloe Vera and Butter
2012
S1 Artspace, Sheffield, UK
Installation view |
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Jennifer West
2011
Franklin Arts Center, Minneapolis
Installation view |
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Jennifer West
2011
Franklin Arts Center, Minneapolis
Installation view |
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Drummed Rock Film (with drummer Lara Dhondt and band De Bossen)
2011
5th Biennial of the Moving Image,
Mechelen, Belgium
Installation view |
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Heavy Metals: Iron and Zinc
2011
Vilma Gold, London
Installation view |
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Heavy Metals: Iron and Zinc
2011
Vilma Gold, London
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Instalaltion view
Celluloid. Films Withoug Camera
Kunsthalle Schirn, Frankfurt
2010 |
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Installation view
Perspectives 171: Jennifer West
Contemporary Art Museum, Houston
2010 |
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Installation view
Perspectives 171: Jennifer West
Contemporary Art Museum, Houston
2010 |
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Installation view
Aspen Art Museum
2010 |
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Skate the Sky Film (35mm film print of clouds in the sky covered with ink,
Ho-Ho’s, and Melon juice - filmstrips
taped to Tate Turbine Hall ramp and
skateboarded over using ollie, kick flip, pop shove-it, acid drop, melon grab, crooked grind, bunny hop, tic tacs, sex change, disco flip - skateboarding performed live for Long Weekend by Thomas Lock, Louis Henderson, Charlotte Brennan, Dion Penman, Sam Griffin, Jak Tonge, Evin Goode and Quantin Paris, clouds shot by Peter West)
2009
35mm Film Print
4 minutes, 54 seconds |
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Skate the Sky Film (35mm film print of clouds in the sky covered with ink,
Ho-Ho’s, and Melon juice - filmstrips
taped to Tate Turbine Hall ramp and
skateboarded over using ollie, kick flip, pop shove-it, acid drop, melon grab, crooked grind, bunny hop, tic tacs, sex change, disco flip - skateboarding performed live for Long Weekend by Thomas Lock, Louis Henderson, Charlotte Brennan, Dion Penman, Sam Griffin, Jak Tonge, Evin Goode and Quantin Paris, clouds shot by Peter West)
2009
35mm Film Print
4 minutes, 54 seconds |
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‘Skate The Sky Film’ performance at
UBS Openings: The Long Weekend,
Tate Modern, Curated by Stuart Comer
Friday 22 May 2009 |
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‘Skate The Sky Film’ performance at
UBS Openings: The Long Weekend,
Tate Modern, Curated by Stuart Comer
Friday 22 May 2009 |
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