This is not a collaboration
Private View: Friday 5th May 2006, 6-8pm
9th May - 2nd June 2006
Artists’ Talk: Thursday May 25th 2006 at 6.30pm
Susan Taylor and Flávia Müller Medeiros have been brought together
by what could be described as a shared interest in making performances.
Where Susan often positions herself as a confrontational sometimes provocative
subject in relation to her viewer, Flávia commonly adopts a more
congenial persona, in her use of a willing and sometimes unwitting audience.
Together the artists seek to explore the relationships between notions
of self, politics and rebellion.
For this exhibition Susan and Flávia present different aspects of
their practice which incorporates live performance, photography, drawing,
collage, video and sound. In keeping with the assertion that “This
is not a collaboration”, Susan and Flávia have also produced
new works, inspired in part by recognition of the generational and cultural
differences that inform their respective working methods.
Through using discussion, performance, chance and improvisation, to make
what at times appear as arbitrary or provisional acts, This is not a
collaboration considers the nature of rebellious, individualistic or collaborative
gestures in art.
Accompanying the exhibition is an illustrated poster/brochure featuring
interviews between the artists and Richard Hylton, Curator at Unit
2 Gallery.
The exhibition has been supported by London Metropolitan University,
Arts Council England, London and A. Bliss
For more information contact: Richard Hylton or Reuben Thurnhill at
Unit 2 on 020 7320 1970 or at info@unit2.co.uk
Biographies
Susan Taylor: Recent projects include STAGED, a one person exhibition and
alive collaborative sound improvisation in Budapest, 2004; sound works
broadcast on Resonance FM, 2004-2005; Humbug’s Poppycocks, artist’s
book, 2005.Flávia Müller Medeiros’ recent projects include,
Beck’s Futures, ICA, London, 2006; Aborted Flights, Reception Space,
London, 2005; All at once, together, at the same time, Colony Gallery,
Birmingham, 2005. Forthcoming exhibitions in 2006 include Black: Implication
Flooding, Colony Gallery, Birmingham; Metropolis Rise: New Art from London,
Shanghai and Beijing, China; Solo Show, Blunk Galleri, Trondheim, Norway.
Artist: Susan Taylor & Flávia Müller Medeiros
Exhibition: This is not a collaboration
Opening Times: Tuesday - Friday 12-6pm and by appointment
Admission: Free Private View: Friday 5th May, 2006, 6-8pm
Exhibition: 9th May – 2nd June, 2006
