Thursday 12 March 2015

Gravity Ben Judd 12.03.2015

Lecture Notes:

Interested in Interstitially ( a state of between-ness) 

Work - I Miss, 2002
  • Group of trainspotters at Doncaster station. 
  • Interested in how they have a group but which still distinguishes them from everyone else. 

Work - I Love, 2003
  • Went to film the men taking seeded photos for glamour magazines 
  • added a voice over as to why he loved the men? 

Work - I Will Heal You, 2007 
  • Went to work with a witch in south america, people warned him not to go near her 
  • He visited her and put himself into her hands 
  • Had a psychological impact for a short period after the ‘Cleansing Ritual’  
  • Set up his own religion, hired a team to make a collection of objects which would give grounding to the belief 
  • He wrote a statement to say what the religion was about but also warning people that it was also a sham  - links to his ideas of contrasting interests 

Work - Close to You, 2008 
  • Started going to night classes whereby he learnt how to draw people from beyond the grave. 
  • Quickly became fairly well recognised and did several talks and shows about it. 

Work, Observance, 2009 

  • Approached 2 witches living in London
  • theres a performance of nature in what they do
  • so he asked actors to perform the ritual 
  • is there anything that actually happens in this case. 

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