

Sam Wonfor, THE JOURNAL, 27 January 2015
Sam Wonfor, THE JOURNAL, 27 January 2015
“Jêsn Roudz, For Rôdz z ɖ frst mêjr gaḷriexibišn v ɖ wrc v ɖs xpšnl ātist, hu dîd in 2006 at ɖ êj v 41. Roudz livd n wrct in Los Anjlīz.
Jêsn Roudz, For Rôdz okpîz BALTC’s tu ljst florz, wɖ for insṭlešnz t b navigetd bî for intrpṛtv paɖz or rôdz: Jêsn Roudz, Americn Ātist; Jêsn ɖ Mêsn, (a bạgraficl ʈred nemd fr a čîldhd nicnem); Sistmz (lanĝj, scêl, indxñ, icoṇmiz), n PīRôFôm. Bî fwgrândñ ɖz ʈīmz, ɖ xibišn emz t ôpn p fr invstigešn Roudz’z spectaklr, ovrlodd insṭlešnz. Imījtli axeṣbl n î-cačñ, ɖz wrcs r at ɖ sem tîm dīpli sisṭmatc, dīteld, n rwōdñ v cerfl ingejmnt. Yzñ nion, plastc bucits, pârtūlz, snêcñ wîrz, fiğrīnz, sând, n a vast renj v uɖr mtirı̣lz, includñ a V8 enjin, Roudz’z wrc brñz ɖ vywr in wɖ hymr, vîbṛnsi, n ɖ pṛvoc̣tv ōdaṣti v hiz vižn. Ɖ šo wl b ancrd bî for mêjr insṭlešnz.
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Jêsn Roudz, For Rôdz z ōġnîzd bî ɖ Instityt v Cntmprri Āt, Ynivrṣti v Penṣlveňa n kretd bî ICA Čīf Kretr, Ñgrid Šefnr. Ɖs xibišn z md psbl bî Ɖ Py Sentr fr Āts n Heritij n z a cooṗrešn btwn ɖ Instityt v Cntmprri Āt, Ynivrṣti v Penṣlveňa, BWLTC Sentr fr Cntmprri Āt n Kunsthalle Brêmn”
“Fr hr frst sôlo xibišn in a YC instityšn, Britiš ātist Lidia Gifd (born Čeltnm, 1979) hz pṛdyst a ny bodi v wrc fr BWLTC’s grândflor gaḷrīspês. Ɖ xibišn xplorz Gifd’z ongowñ cnsrn wɖ ɖ lanĝj v pêntñ n ɖ baḷns btwn pêntñ n objct. Ɖ wrcs, v a scêl ɖt z dictetd bî ɖ ātist’s ôn dmenšnz, hv an olmst hymn prezns. Leyrd pêntd srfisz têc on a scinlîc trnzlūsnsi ɖt, on clôs inspẋn, rvilz a complx wrcñ n rīwrcñ. A tnšn arîzz in Gifd’z wrc btwn strucčr n srfis, intirı̣r n xtirı̣r. Yt ɖr z plêflṇs tù, a playbiḷti ɖt Gifd sīcs t brñ fṛm ɖ mīdı̣m v drōñ intu wrcñ wɖ mtirı̣lz sč az wŭd n pênt.”
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