October 8 2006 admin
Corinthia, or The Origin of Painting
“Inspir’d by Love, the soft Corinthian Maid, her
graceful lover’s sleeping form portray’d” – William
Hayley “An Essay on Painting” 1778
“The Origin of Painting” by Disinformation -
Electromagnetic sound, shadow and live interactive
grafitti installation
Myatt’s Fields Park
Camberwell
London SE5
Fri 20 Oct 2006
6.30 to 8.30
Admission Free
“The Origin of Painting” was first exhibited (under a
different title) at The Hayward Gallery in the “Sonic
Boom” exhibition in Jan 2000, and (under the present
tile) at Nederlands Instituut voor Mediakunst
(Amsterdam), Fabrica (Brighton), CCCB (Barcelona), The
Huddersfield Art Gallery, The Mac (Birmingham), Quay
Arts (Isle of Wight), The Ashcroft Centre (Fareham), Q
Arts (Derby), The Brunswick Centre housing estate
(London), South Hill Park (Bracknell), as part of the
Wembley Public Arts Strategy (London), in a disused
railway tunnel under Sydenham Hill Woods (London), and
at an MTV Awards party at Palau Sant Jordi (the
Olympic Stadium in Barcelona).
“The Origin of Painting” installation is created in
homage to “The Corinthian Maid, or The Origin of
Painting” by Joseph Wright (Wright of Derby) 1785, and
appears as part of the “Light It” festival – also
featuring The Barefoot Company, Circus Space, Poulomi
Desai, Sofie Layton, Mandinga Arts, Howard Matthew and
Ali Zaidi. “Light It” is organised by Moti Roti and
Home Gallery, and supported by The Arts Council,
Lambeth Arts and The Paul Hamlyn Foundation.
“The Origin of Painting” functions as a contemporary
interactive vanitas painting, as Sci-Fi author Jeff
Noon wrote in The Independent – “people are fascinated
by this work, it brings a shiver, a sudden recognition
of death, as if we have seen or heard our own ghost”.
The Metro described “The Origin of Painting” as
“visually stunning” and “daunting yet engaging”, The
Financial Times described it as “actively thrilling”,
and The Guardian wrote that “Disinformation combine
scientific nous with poetic lyricism to create some of
the most beautiful installations around”.
Next Disinformation solo exhibitions…
Wrexham Arts Centre
Rhosddu Road
Wrexham LL11 1AU
28 Oct to 2 Dec 2006
Opening Reception
6 to 8pm Fri 27 Oct
Saltburn Artists Projects
30-32 Marske Road
Saltburn by the Sea
Teeside TS12 1QG
20 Jan to 11 Mar 2007
Disinformation CDs are released by Ash International,
Iris Light and Adaadat Records.
E-mail mailto:joe2banks@yahoo.co.uk for confirmations.
