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Barber (UK)
curator PAM
co-curators Raphaele Shirley and Lee Wells
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George
George Barber, born in Georgetown, Guyana, 1958, St Martins School of Art,
The Slade, lives in London and works as Professor of Arts & Media at UCA UK.
WYBRANE WYSTAWY / SELECTED EXHIBITIONS:
2010 Misty Boundaries Fades and Dissolves, FormContent Gallery,
Ridley Market, (group) / Mob Remedies, Gallery Primo Alonso, UK (group) /
2009 Solo show in Basel at Marc De Puchredon Gallery, CH (solo) /
Welcome, screened, Split International Festival of Film & Video, Croatia, HR /
PAINT CAN Travelling Gallery, Automotive Action Painting, UK
INDIA SHOUTING MATCH / SYNOPSIS
George Barber
INDIA SHOUTING MATCH is a version of George Barber’s well-known SHOUTING MATCH
but shot in India. The piece is a conceptual idea and benefits from being different every
time it is staged.
Imagine two seated people facing each other. At the given signal they begin shouting.
They have to put everything into a short contest. The harder they shout the more they
are in the frame, the quieter they are, the more they are withdrawn. If you fall silent
– you will be out the frame – out of history.
INDIA SHOUTING MATCH consists of pure shouting. It is also an attempt to experiment
with raw communication – the shouts of pre-civilisation. They are no words,
just emotions. Metaphorically, India Shouting Match responds to the common situation
in modern life, whereby everything has to be turned ‘full up’. Nothing is quiet.
Everything is exaggerated. In effect – not saying anything very loudly – is an apt
metaphor for our culture today. Everybody everywhere is waving their arms and eyebrows
about needlessly. Aer that there is also a picture of various Indian Characters and
various cultural differences that are intriguing.
Visually, ‘Shouting Match’ is made up of the actual vocal combat and insight into
characters, how they behave, their faces in pain, anger, struggle, insanity, defeat
and victory. The sheer sound of the piece is impressive; especially as a multi-screen
in galleries and consists of men and women using their voice in a totally irrational,
pre-cultural fashion. The howl of madness.
Lucy Soutter