№ 1/1
RR / PH / 19c. Lit. Det.
2009
HD video
7.45 minutes
The three ‘episodes’ in this work repeat (but inflect) an established structure in Collins’ work with video (see: MUIN 2006):
A) Pose.
B) Title sequence.
C) Opening shot.
D) Inflected pose.
Three found images are repeated, re-staged, as live poses.
1) RR: Ronald Reagan. - Presidential power as image.
2) PH: A pantomime horse. - Ersatz remnant of folk ritual.
3) 19c. Lit. Det.: A 19th century literary detective. - The birth of episodic popular culture. Unravelling the world
Web formatted 3 minute extract of single channel high-definition video.
Displayed using a 40" HD flat screen.
Exhibition history:
SV10
Selected by Jennifer Higgie and Rebecca Warren
Studio Voltaire
London
Running Time | Artist Films in Scotland: 1960 to Now
National Galleries of Scotland, Modern Art Galleries
Edinburgh
Stage, Study, Studio (solo show)
Ten Til Ten
Glasgow