Curator Statement

Brass Art at the Palace, The Palace Hotel at Oxford Road

The Hotel has been chosen as a loaded site, heavy with references to luxury, anonymity, loneliness, romance, secrecy, brief sexual encounters etc… on a sliding scale from opulence to seediness. The project involves the use of video and other digital media including stills, digitally manipulated photographs, installation and performance, and utilises the existing technology in the hotel – the CCTV system, monitors in rooms, interactive video wall, voice mail and the hotel’s web site.

Artists:

• Chara Lewis
• Martell Linsdell
• Anneke Pettican
• Kirsten Mojsiewicz
• Helen Bendon & Jo Lansley
• Adelin Clarke