Brock Enright
Raising Dead Mothers
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Vilma Gold is pleased
to present the first London solo exhibition by Brock Enright.
Enttiled Raising Dead Mothers the exhibition comprises of new
video, performance and sculpture.
Since 2002 the New York based artist, Brock Enright, has become
renowned for his, executive, bespoke kidnappings. What began
with a series of petty thrill-seeking adventures with close
friends has quickly grown into a viable commercial enterprise
that specialises in tailormade experiences of 'safe' fear.
Every abduction is different and specific to the personal requirements
of the client / victim. To achieve this Enright insists onpreliminary
consultations with the potential victims: to gain a sense of
their psychological fears and to work out the basic ingredients
that will produce maximum terror. Prior to any abduction Enright
and his lawyer prepare legal agreements that outline each party's
level of responsibility. Through this contract Enright and his
team of hijackers, who he refers to as his 'birds', are given
the power to abuct victims at any will. One client describes
the thrill as 'not knowing where or when'. Clients are often
taken away for an unspecified period of incarcerartion that
can last for days even weeks or until a code word is given.
People pay thousands of dollars at a time for Enright's unique
services. His clients are by no means sinlge visitors rather
he enjoys a worryingly healthy flow of repeat customers.
Whilst Enright's activities reach beyond acts of abduction his
work continually exposes the grotesque perversions found in
advanced capitalisim. Semagoediv is a computer games company
that Enrright founded ten years ago. The aim of the company
is again the offer tailormade products that shamlessly explore
an individuals personal perversions. In a curly font and at
the bottom of the Semagoediv's homepage sit the 'Find'm, Blind'm,
and Bind'm'. In 2001 Enright directed his first stage adaptation
of the infamous American porn film Debbie Does Dallas . Similar
to Enright's other projects this production can be seen as a
melting away of the barriers between vouyerism and experince.
A continual challenge to the ehtical state of a consummer society
through the demand and desire of products that promise to fullfil
the quest for authentic experience.
Born in 1976, Brock Enright currently lives and works in New
York. Since graduating in 2001 from the MFA program at Columbia
University Brock Enright has exhibited widely in museums, galleries,
theatres and the internet. Most notably his work has been included
in Greater New York Show, PS1, New York, Scream, The Moore Space,
Miam & Anton Kern Gallery, New York, Expander, The Royal
Acamedy of Art, London, The Horror of Art, Grazer Kunstverein,
Graz, 3-Person Show, PS1, New York and Dismal Garden, American
Fine Arts, New York. In 2006 Enright will have his first solo
exhibition at a major American institution at LAX, Los Angeles.
For further information or images please contact Sarah McCrory:
+44(0) 20 8981 3344 or: sarah@vilmagold.com |
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