Isolation Room/Gallery Kit: Friday, 14 January 2011

Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson

Fireworks

Opens January 14, 2010 6pm-8pm

Isolation Room/Gallery Kit is pleased to present the video Fireworks by Nick Crowe and Ian Rawlinson. In 1994, the artists began their partnership while sharing a studio in Manchester, England. Crowe and Rawlinson work across a range of media addressing subjects such as faith, politics, national identity and the environment. Using pairings and oppositions, their video and sculptural works create an encounter with the viewer that focuses on the complexity of objects through actions and reactions with direct reference to their specific social contexts. A captivating video, Fireworks functions as a metaphor for the disentanglement of the social and ideological consequences of an action in relation to its evident spectacle. Installed in a large cavernous space, a series of fireworks are laid out in an ambitious construction, timed explosions are set off in a continuous and fascinating display, from spastic sparks to flickering flames, smoke eventually permeates the room and shifts our experience accordingly.