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H&M are participating in the group show "Thisiscurating 1-40".
Curated by Joel Mu.
23 April through
10 May 2008.
Opening 23rd April,
6-8 pm
Presented by Firstdraft Gallery, Sydney
116-118 Chalmers St.
Surry Hills NSW 2010
Sydney Australia
t. +61 (0) 2 9698 3665
www.firstdraftgallery.com
For more information about the three videos H&M are showing, please see Collaborative projects - "H&M"
Artist talk; H&M
Firstdraft Gallery
Saturday April 26,
4pm - 6:30pm
Who is H&M?
Hanne Rivrud and Monja Wiik. Both have a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. They are currently working as artists and have a background and experience from the movie-, television-, music and theatre industry.
What is H&M?
They have during the past 3 years been documenting themselves by use of video. The different situations documented can be divided into 3 categories:
1. The deed
2. The performance
3. The analysis
In the deed category tasks from everyday life are documented, often exaggerating otherwise trivial tasks. You might say that H&M functions as the female equivalent to the two Czech puppets "Pat and Mat"
Still image from "Trying to clean a mouse cage".
In the second category H&M spontaneously perform as a result of a remark, a prop or the situational context with which they are in at that time. Main ingredients are movie references and character interpretations. An example is their 3-week road trip in USA in which they pretended to be Thelma and Louise.
Spiderwoman&Bunny
The third category, the analysis, evolves through informal conversations in front of the camera. With complete dedication to "minor" details, emotions and "castles in the air" a picture is drawn of their perspective on the immediate surroundings. Their "brainstorming" is playful, spontaneous and endless. These conversations show the typical dynamics often displayed between girlfriends.
Still image from "Our friend’s bed sheets"
Videos
Picture gallery
More about H&M
Press; Dagbladet (movie)
Press; Dagbladet
Hanne Rivrud and Monja Wiik. Both have a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree. They are currently working as artists and have a background and experience from the movie-, television-, music and theatre industry.
What is H&M?
They have during the past 3 years been documenting themselves by use of video. The different situations documented can be divided into 3 categories:
1. The deed
2. The performance
3. The analysis
In the deed category tasks from everyday life are documented, often exaggerating otherwise trivial tasks. You might say that H&M functions as the female equivalent to the two Czech puppets "Pat and Mat"
Still image from "Trying to clean a mouse cage".
In the second category H&M spontaneously perform as a result of a remark, a prop or the situational context with which they are in at that time. Main ingredients are movie references and character interpretations. An example is their 3-week road trip in USA in which they pretended to be Thelma and Louise.
Spiderwoman&Bunny
The third category, the analysis, evolves through informal conversations in front of the camera. With complete dedication to "minor" details, emotions and "castles in the air" a picture is drawn of their perspective on the immediate surroundings. Their "brainstorming" is playful, spontaneous and endless. These conversations show the typical dynamics often displayed between girlfriends.
Still image from "Our friend’s bed sheets"
Videos
Picture gallery
More about H&M
Press; Dagbladet (movie)
Press; Dagbladet
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