GEORGINA STARR: I, CAVE │ Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art → 28 May 2015

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“I, Cev z a ny sôlo xibišn fṛm Britiš ātist Jwjīna Star. Star’z ŕli wrcs brwt hr t inṭnašnl atnšn in ɖ 1990z, n sns ɖen š hz dveḷpt a dstñt lanĝj ʈru ɖ ys v vidio, sculpčr, pfwmns, raitñ n sând.

Fṛm hr ŕli studiz in sramics n sculpčr, ʈru lj-scêl, multi-leyrd muvñ-imij insṭlešnz n pfwmnsz, Jwjīna Star hz bn ingejd in a riimajinñ v îdntti, bîogṛfi n histri. Ɖ vywr z čaḷnjd t riixamin ɖ slf, ɖ sbconšs n its evr-mwfñ bîogṛfiz ʈru a glitrñ n meḷncolic ʈiytr v memri, histri n rec̣lẋn.

I, Cev siz Jwjīna Star xplor ny rlešnšps t ɖ imijz, objcts, wrdz n sândz ẇč r preznt in hr mni on-gwñ wrcs. Ɖs alcemicl prôses v trnsfmešn z at ɖ sentr v ɖz wrcs, n ɖs hz gîdd Star bac t a siriz v trêsñz ẇč š md in a Tanẓniyn cev ovr tu decedz ago. Ɖz trêsñz hv brwt Star evr clôsr t ɖ historicl, ṗlitcl n miʈlojcl etimoḷji v hr priokpešn wɖ ɖ bubl. Fr Star, ɖ bubl z ɖ bginñ v evrʈñ. It’s ɖ frst breʈ, ɖ frst wrd n ɖ frst sculpčr. Ɖ bubl z a wrld, an ōb, a glôb, a wūm, a scrīn, a mūn, a sún n a cristlbwl. It z olso a výs, ɖ spīcñ alâd v ẇt z insd. Ɖ bubl z feminin. Ẇn ɖ bubl z čūd it bcmz a spel ẇč cn trnspwt n trnsfwm.

I, Cev têcs ɖ vizitr on a complx jrni; travlñ ʈru cozmic vōlts n laḅrinʈîn intiyrı̣rz t cnfrunt dublz n incântr ɖ muɖrz ʈru Star’z ny muvñ-imij wrc, Ɖ Brʈ v Sculpčr, 2015.

Az pāt v ɖs ny projct Jwjīna Star hz invîtd ɖ fīmel gaḷrı̣sistnts at mima t ple an actv rôl in ɖ insṭlešn. Actñ az Star’z dubl or ventriḷql êjnt ɖe wl čanl wrdz, výsz n sândz intu ɖ gaḷrīspês. Ɖz wrdz tîpd bî ɖ asistnts wl bcm ynīc ātworks ofrd t vizitrz v ɖ xibišn.

Jwjīna Star

Jwjīna Star’z wrc hz bn šôn in aclemd gaḷriz wrldwîd. Rīsntli Star’s wrcs hv bn dspled at Têt Britn, Ɖ Drōñ Rūm, D’La Wor Pviłn, Cūpr Gaḷri, Glazgo Inṭnašnl, Centre Pompidou-Metz, n FRAC Franche-Comte.

Č v Star’z bodiz v wrcs cmz wɖ dstñt refṛnsz, caṛctrz, ʈīmz n sândsceps. Ɖz wrcs includ cunjrñ ɖ výsz v dīmnz n spirits fr gîdns (I am ɖ Mīdı̣m, 2010); unŕʈñ ɖ loñ-fgotn jesčrz v sîḷnt-mūvi starz ʈru ɖ ys v ōcestṛl sândtracs (ƮĪDA, 2007-2014); rvilñ ɖ šiftñ îdnttiz v strenjrz ʈru sîc̣lojcl asesmnt n sîcic fnomnn (Gtñ t Nô Y, 1995); xplorñ Star’z ôn prsnl histri ʈru ɖ rlešnšps šôn in 1960z filmfiẋn (Ɖ Buni Lêc Siriz, 1999-2003); n faɖmñ ɖ depʈs v ɖ abis in srč v a dubl (Le Cerveau Affamé, 2013-preznt).”