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Title: Pathetic Fallacy
Location: The outlook at Baker's Gap - on the steps joining East Cliff and the Sunny Sands Promenade
The lookout at Baker's Gap on the East Cliff not only offers contemplative sea views, but is also the site for Susan Philipsz' multi-speaker sound installation. Philipsz can be heard singing an acapella version of ‘Dolphins’ made famous by Tim Buckley in the mid 1970s. The haunting lyrics, touching on themes of longing, transcendence and mortality, are interpreted by Philipsz' voice ascending and then descending in scale building up to a crescendo and then dying away again.
The work will be on a 5 minute loop.
Translated text about each of the artworks into French, Turkish and Slovak can be found on the events page or from the visitor centre
Location photograph from Pathetic Fallacy. Photograph © Martin Wills
Susan's Biography
Born Glasgow, 1966. Lives and works in Berlin.
Recent solo shows include
CGAC, Santiago de Compostella – Spain 2007
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery – New York 2008
Mitzuma Gallery – Tokyo 2007
Isabella Bortolozzi Gallery – Berlin 2006
Ellen De Bruijne Projects – Amsterdam 2004
The Ikon Gallery, public commission – Birmingham 2004
Recent group exhibitions include
Unmonumental, New Museum for Contemporary Art – New York 2007
The Münster Sculpture Project – Germany 2007
Busan Biennale – South Korea 2006
Berlin Biennale – Germany 2005
Becks Futures Exhibition, ICA – London 2004
Philipsz was awarded the PS1 International studio programme in New York, 2000 and the International Artist Programme at Art Pace, San Antonio, 2003. Susan will be participating in the 2008 Sydney Biennial.
See Susan Philipsz's work
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