KARST Plymouth
Details
25 January - 23 March 2024
KARST
22 George Pl, Stonehouse
Plymouth PL1 3NY
A Perfect Sentence
Oliver Frank Chanarin
KARST, Plymouth
The full commission, A Perfect Sentence, premiered in its entirety for the first time at KARST, Plymouth, 25 January - 23 March 2024.
Ben Borthwick, Head of Creative Programme, KARST says:
It has been a joy for KARST to collaborate with Oliver and Forma on the production and presentation of A Perfect Sentence. We’re thrilled to be part of a nationwide project that engages with Plymouth’s communities, spaces and histories. In 2022 Oliver met and photographed groups and individuals in Plymouth, from navy officers and cadets to skateboarders and sunbathers. A selection of these photographs will be presented alongside images from Oliver’s encounters around the UK. KARST supports artists to experiment and test ideas, so we are really pleased that A Perfect Sentence contributes to Plymouth’s rich history exploring the relationship between art and cybernetics. Throughout the course of the exhibition at KARST, i-DAT (University of Plymouth’s creative technology research collective) will collaborate with Oliver to develop the AI algorithms, making it both an exhibition and a live research project.
Oliver Frank Chanarin, A Perfect Sentence, 2024. © Oliver Frank Chanarin. Installation view: KARST, Plymouth, 2024. Commissioned and produced by Forma in collaboration with eight UK organisations. Images courtesy the artist and KARST. Supported by Arts Council England, Art Fund and Outset Contemporary Art Fund. Photo: Dom Moore.
Oliver Frank Chanarin, A Perfect Sentence, 2024. © Oliver Frank Chanarin. Installation view: KARST, Plymouth, 2024. Commissioned and produced by Forma in collaboration with eight UK organisations. Images courtesy the artist and KARST. Supported by Arts Council England, Art Fund and Outset Contemporary Art Fund. Photo: Dom Moore.
Oliver Frank Chanarin, A Perfect Sentence, 2024. © Oliver Frank Chanarin. Installation view: KARST, Plymouth, 2024. Commissioned and produced by Forma in collaboration with eight UK organisations. Images courtesy the artist and KARST. Supported by Arts Council England, Art Fund and Outset Contemporary Art Fund. Photo: Dom Moore.
At the centre of this installation are two machines made by the artist in collaboration with Tom Cecil and Ruairi Glynn. They continuously hang and rehang framed photographs that are stored in stacks on the gallery floor. Appropriating the language of automation, the machines handle the images according to an inscrutable logic; identifying, sorting, displaying, juxtaposing and storing photographs for the duration of the exhibition.
Details
25 January - 23 March 2024
KARST
22 George Pl, Stonehouse
Plymouth PL1 3NY