Jerwood Gallery

For the Sake of the Image investigates the reciprocal relationship between moving image and sound, considering sound not merely as an accompaniment to the moving image but exploring how the force of one multiplies the power of the other.

Featuring the work of emerging artists Asnat Austerlitz, Richard Bevan, Juan Fontanive, Paul O’Kane, Mark Raidpere and Dan Walwin as well as exhibition curator, Suki Chan, this exhibition is the next in the Jerwood Visual Arts Encounters series.

‘The use of sound defines space. It constructs places and narratives that are not necessarily seen. Combined with moving images, sound initiates a particular kind of encounter between the audience and the artwork. From the use of emotive sounds that assist to transport the viewer to a personal space, to incidental sounds which grounds the experience, sound exposes the physicality of the medium or the framework in which the artwork is presented’ Suki Chan, Curator, For the Sake of the Image.

This exhibition is an enquiry into the relationship between image and sound and includes artists chosen for their personal and diverse approach to the subject. For the Sake of the Image features a broad range of work, including some previously unseen. These range from works created in conventional ways with simultaneously recorded footage and soundtracks, to those where the sound is composed and added retrospectively. These will be shown alongside more unconventional approaches to the definition of moving image work; works which play with pure image, silence, incidental sounds and kinetic movement.

For the Sake of the Image is Suki Chan’s first exhibition as a curator. Her recent solo shows include Sleep Walk Sleep Talk, a major video installation commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella in 2009, and Interval II, commissioned by the Chinese Arts Centre in 2008. She has been included in several group shows in the UK, including in Repetition & Sequence at Jerwood Space in 2006. Most recently, Suki was selected as one of six young British artists by Charles Saatchi to take part in the BBC’s School of Saatchi.

Suki graduated with BA (Hons) from Goldsmiths in 1999 and completed an MA in Fine Art at Chelsea School of Art in 2008.

For the Sake of the Image demonstrates the Jerwood Charitable Foundation’s commitment to supporting moving image within the Jerwood Visual Arts programme.

Exhibition Events
A series of evening events at Jerwood Space will run alongside the exhibition from 6-8pm.

8th March          

Curator Suki Chan will be in conversation with exhibiting artists Asnat Austerlitz, Richard Bevan, Juan Fontanive, Paul O’Kane and Dan Walwin. Discussion chaired by Sarah Williams.

22 March

A round table discussion and a film screening Chaired by Gareth Evans (writer and curator (www.artevents.info). Formerly editor of Vertigo magazine, he is now co-editor of Artesian magazine (www.gotogetherpress.com), with Larry Sider and Nina Danino.

Events are free but must be booked in advance. For further information and to book, please contact Parker Harris, or check the Jerwood Visual Arts website.

To accompany the exhibition there will be a publication with text written by Pamela Kember and Suki Chan. For further information:

01372 462190

jva@parkerharris.co.uk

www.jerwoodvisualarts.org

Listings info
Title: For the Sake of the Image
Dates: 3 March – 1 April 2010
Address: Jerwood Space, 171 Union St, SE1 0LN
Gallery Opening Times:  Mon – Fri 10am – 5pm Sat & Sun 10am – 3pm
Admission: Free
Nearest tube: Southwark, London Bridge or Borough