Chamber by Charles Sandison
2009
Video installation
Patrons: Polly and Mark Addison
Charles Sandison projects light onto raw surfaces, transforming bare walls, ceilings, and corners into dynamic constellations of moving words and figures.
I try to create an almost primitive space. It’s a little bit like a metaphor of a fireplace. Whether it’s a fire lit inside a cave or inside somebody’s home, the magic of light triggers a very fundamental human instinct in us. You know how you gaze into a fire and a little bit lose yourself? So I think even though I’m using technology, I think I’m dealing with something which is actually very primitive that goes deep into the cortex of the brain.
Look for Chamber in the temporary exhibition gallery on level two of the Hamilton Building.
© Charles Sandison. Photos by Jeff Wells.
Meet the Artist
Charles Sandison was born in Scotland in 1969. He received his BA, with honors, in fine art photography from the Glascow School of Art in 1991. He received his MFA in 1993, also from the Glasgow School of Art, where he was a lecturing assistant until 1995, when he accepted the position of Lecturer at the Tampere School of Art and Media in Finland. From 1997 to 2001 Sandison was Head of Fine Art at the Tampere School of Art and Media. He currently lives and works in Tampere, Finland. Sandison began exhibiting his work in 1992, and received his first solo exhibition in 2002. Since that time he has participated in numerous international exhibitions including the 6th Shanghai Biennale in 2006, Performa07: A Visual Art Performance Biennial in New York City, 2007, Le Grande Tour at the Villa Medici, Rome in 2008, and Blood on Paper at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, also in 2008. Sandison has had solo exhibitions at venues throughout Europe, including the Grand Palais and the Musée d’Orsay, Paris in 2008. Sandison’s work is held in the public collections of the Kiasma–Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland, and the MUDAM–Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg. He is represented by Arndt & Partner in Berlin.
Photo of the artist courtesy Verve, Oulu.
Recent Work
Manifesto, 2005. Arndt & Partner, Berlin.
Proclamación Solemne, 2008. Le Fresnoy – Studio National Des Arts Contemporains & Le ministère de la culture et de la Communications, France.
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