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Pass the Time of Day
Video Still from Real Society, 2004 by Phil Collins (c) Courtesy of the artist and the Kerlin Gallery, 2005
Collective Gallery, Edinburgh
21 April 2005
Pass the Time of Day is curated by artist Paul Rooney, and is a collaborative project realised with Gasworks in London, Angel Row Gallery in Nottingham and the Castlefield Gallery in Manchester, as well as the Collective Gallery. With two preoccupations – music and the everyday – Paul Rooney has assembled a compelling mix of video and slide works by Rosalind Nashashibi, Pipilotti Rist and others. Capturing life as it passes by – on photo, video and film – the artists have presented this familiar visual imagery set to thumping, soaring, cheesy or elegiac soundtracks to great effect. The more you watch, the more you are struck by the weirdness and heroism of the everyday.
Artist Billy McCall will join us to talk about the show, and discuss video art more generally. As well as exhibiting in The Netherlands, Belgium, Germany and Japan, Billy was responsible for the Tagteam experiment from 2002 to 2004 – a brilliant notion whereby each exhibiting artist nominated the next artist to show in a room in Billy’s house. Billy also does the graphic design for the Collective Gallery and is a major music fan – which makes him the perfect guide for our event.