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BxNU Symposium: Jason Rhoades / Deviant Paths Tuesday 21 April 2015 / 13.00-17.30 BALTIC, Gateshead
This BxNU Symposium brings together artists, curators, academics and writers, to activate an enquiry into the interlocking possibilities of meaning presented by the exhibition, Jason Rhoades, Four Roads.
During his lifetime Rhoades’ installations were rarely understood as finished or finite. Constantly in flux, works were divided up into constituent parts, materials reused and presented anew. Today the work continues to exist within a constant process of recontextualisation and is imbued with parallel narratives as illustrated by the four interpretive themes, or roads, proposed in this display. To examine this multi-layered system of interpretation, the symposium will offer a range of deviant pathways through screenings, presentations, workshop and discussion. In a response to the artist’s absent presence, the question shifts from, “What would Jason do?” to, “What has Jason done?”
Presentation: Paul Goodfellow / Reconfiguring Jason Rhoades
Senior Lecturer Paul Goodfellow will present a body of work that considers the application of systems in art with a particular reference to the installations of Jason Rhoades. A new film work X Configurations, which has been made in response to Rhoades’ work and process will be screened and discussed. A second work, Rhoades Rage, made by Animation students from Northumbria will also be presented. The roles of information exchange, decoding and excess in Rhoades’ work will be drawn out in the discussion. Goodfellow is an artist with a particular interest in the application of systems and processes in understanding nature, society and art. |