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Esc, 2004 (installation view)
One video documents a group of people doing a particular Qi Gong exercise which involves shaking over an extended period of time. (Qi Gong is a Chinese form of exercise designed to stimulate the flow of energy through the body). Another video focuses on businessmen re-orientating themselves to the outside world to find their way home after an evening’s drinking. The third film depicts tree-houses built as a protest in a landscape that is under threat. These are temporary structures suspended above the land with rope walkways between them for the purpose of avoiding the bailiffs; whilst, as mechanisms of escape, they suggest fantasies of adventure and unrestrained existence.
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Born Newcastle upon Tyne, Lucy Gunning lives and works in London. Education: M.F.A Goldsmiths College, 1994; B.F.A Falmouth School of Art, Cornwall, 1987. Solo exhibitions: Quarry, Spike Island, Bristol, 2003; The Centre for Drawing, Wimbledon School of Art, London; Passing/Performance, Matt’s Gallery & GLOSS, Vauxhall, London, 2002; Stage I (Show the Way Mischief), Westfalischer Kunstverein, Munster; Intermediate II, GreeneNaftali, New York; Intermediate II, Art Now, Tate Britain, London, 2001; Galeria Presenca, Porto, Portugal, 2000; [BACKSPACE], Matt’s Gallery London, 1999; GreeneNaftali Gallery, New York; Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff; Presentation House Gallery, Vancouver, 1998; Matt’s Gallery, London; University of Buffalo Art Gallery, New York, 1997; Harris Museum and Art Gallery, Preston; GreeneNaftali Gallery, New York; City Racing, London; School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1996
Esc, 2004 (installation view)
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