Saturday 12 January 2008

MATTHEW NOEL-TOD - TRANSMISSION LECTURE, SHOWROOM SHEFFIELD [17/10/2007]

HOST: NICK STEWART

MATTHEW NOEL-TOD IS, UNFORTUNATELY, A VIDEO ARTIST.

I SAY UNFORTUNATELY AS IT BEWILDERS ME WHY ANYONE WOULD DECIDE TO SHOW WORK WHICH STIMULATES SO LITTLE; APART FROM WONDERING WHY ON EARTH THE WOMAN SMOKING DID NOT INHALE. IS THIS SO HIGHLY THEATRICAL IT DOESN'T NEED ANY INTELLECTUAL FOCUS?


Obey Aktorzy / Foreign Actors, 2006

THIS KIND OF AMBIENT VIDEO WOULD WORK BEST SCREENED IN THE WAITING ROOM FOR A DENTIST, OR AN ESTATE AGENTS WINDOW. ACTUALLY, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE WHERE I FIRST SAW IT.

NICK'S LEGENDARY STATUS DROPPED A FEW NOTCHES AFTER THIS SESSION. HE'S GOING TO NEED TO DO SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL THIS CHRISTMAS TO WIN BACK OUR HEARTS.

CHARLES

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