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nathaniel mellors at venice art biennale 2011
'hippy dialectics (ourhouse)' by nathaniel mellors in 'illuminations' at the venice art biennale 2011
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british-born, amsterdam-based artist nathaniel mellors displays 'hippy dialectics (ourhouse)' in 'illuminations,'
the international exhibition curated by bice curiger at the venice art biennale 2011. a double-headed animatronic sculpture,
the work delivers a short schizophrenic dialogue which is both humorous and disturbing.
the parenthetical 'ourhouse' in the title refers to a video work by mellors, a surrealist sitcom about an eccentric family featuring two central figures,
‘daddy’ and ‘the object.’ 'hippy dialectics' features two versions of the 'daddy' character - one blue, one yellow - connected by a ribbon of hair.
cast from the face of the actor in the film, the latex heads are brought to life by means of electronics and software.
they deliver a looped kind of pep talk, including a range of compliments ('god, you're looking buff. no seriously, you look great!' and 'cool, you are cool!')
before reaching an absurdist conclusion of rebutting 'yes' with 'no'.
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samples of the dialogue
rear view
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left head detail
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right head detail
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the 54th international art exhibition in venice, italy, runs until november 27, 2011.
Schizophrenic? No. No. No. Schizophrenia is NOT two differing personalities within one person, and we all do a disservice to those with this condition by co-opting this word to describe conflicting or opposing views contained in a single entity.
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