'Zoo' - 5 solo exhibitions of photographic and moving image work and inclusion in 3 group exhibitions and 5 international film festivals
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Billingham, R. 2009. 'Zoo' - 5 solo exhibitions of photographic and moving image work and inclusion in 3 group exhibitions and 5 international film festivals. Compton Verney, Warwickshire, UK 2006
Title of work | 'Zoo' - 5 solo exhibitions of photographic and moving image work and inclusion in 3 group exhibitions and 5 international film festivals |
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Creators | Billingham, R. |
Description | Zoo was a large body of video and photographic work made 2004 - 2007 in zoos around the world including Buenos Aires, Berlin, London, New York, Vienna, Antwerp to name a few. The work began as an artists residency programme at VIVID, Birmingham Work was exhibited in solo shows in Zoo, Compton Verney, Warwickshire (2006); La Fabrica, Madrid (2007); Wolverhampton Art Gallery, Wolverhampton (2006); Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London (2006) and Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea (2007). Zoo also comprised a large component of Billingham's survey show at the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art, Melbourne in 2007 and was shown in further group shows later on as well as being selected for five international film festivals. Zoo examined both representations of captive animals in zoos and the stereotypic behaviour found in many species of captive animals. There was an illustrated hardback book of the work published called 'Zoo' by VIVID in 2007 with commissioned essays by established writers. |
Output media | Photography |
Video | |
Research Group | Art Practice as Investigation cluster |
Exhibition title | Zoo at Compton Verney |
Zoo at La Fabrica | |
Zoo at Wolverhampton Art Gallery | |
Zoo at Anthony Reynolds Gallery | |
Zoo at Glynn Vivian Gallery | |
First publicly available date | |
2009 | |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 20 May 2019 |
Accepted | 2006 |
Output status | Published |
Language | English |
File | File Access Level Restricted |
https://repository.mdx.ac.uk/item/8848y
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