{"id":2386,"date":"1998-01-01T10:48:52","date_gmt":"1998-01-01T09:48:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/?p=2386"},"modified":"2025-07-26T15:32:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T14:32:18","slug":"instantaneous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/instantaneous\/","title":{"rendered":"Instantaneous"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Beaconsfield, London <a href=\"https:\/\/beaconsfield.ltd.uk\/projects\/instantaneous\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2192<\/a><br \/>\n17 Jan &#8211; 8 Feb 1998<br \/>\nMark Dean, Michelle Griffiths, Stephen Nicholas &amp; Matthew Caley, Tal Shoshan, Claire Shilito, Sol Sneltvedt<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>bibliography:<br \/>\nMark Harris, Who\u2019s Afraid of Red, White &amp; Blue\u2026ARTicle Press, London, ISBN 1-873352-72-7<br \/>\nDavid Crawforth, Instantaneous, Beaconsfield, London, Catalogue<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/?p=2351\">Neal Brown, \u2018Instantaneous: Beaconsfield, London\u2019, Frieze, June 1998<br \/>\n<\/a>Margaret Garlake (ed), &#8216;Beaconsfield: Chronic Epoch&#8217;, Black Dog Publishing, London, 2015, ISBN: 9781908966575<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>exhibited works:<\/p>\n<p>(installation)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/?p=128\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/picture-in-picture.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/135095135?autoplay=0&amp;loop=1&amp;title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/?p=128\">Picture In Picture (TyhaerPGincatiurroeDoffoDeorruitacniGPreahyT)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(screenings)<\/p>\n<p>23 Jan<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/?p=132\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15031\" src=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jane-Fonda-1500x1080-1-520x374.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jane-Fonda-1500x1080-1-520x374.jpg 520w, https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jane-Fonda-1500x1080-1-800x576.jpg 800w, https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jane-Fonda-1500x1080-1-188x135.jpg 188w, https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Jane-Fonda-1500x1080-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/135037272?autoplay=0&amp;loop=0&amp;title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"520\" height=\"374\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/?p=132\">Jane\/Fonda (Barbarella\/Klute)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>30 Jan<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/?p=138\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-15020\" src=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Go-Together-HD.00_02_09_12.Still002-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Go-Together-HD.00_02_09_12.Still002-520x390.jpg 520w, https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Go-Together-HD.00_02_09_12.Still002-800x600.jpg 800w, https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Go-Together-HD.00_02_09_12.Still002-180x135.jpg 180w, https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Go-Together-HD.00_02_09_12.Still002.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/137385018?autoplay=0&amp;loop=0&amp;title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/?p=138\">Go Together (The Wild One x 2 \u2013 17)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/?p=134\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/fondue-1960.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/145747599?autoplay=0&amp;loop=0&amp;title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/?p=134\">Fondue (The Girl On A Motorcycle \/ 1960-date)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>plus Kenneth Anger&#8217;s Scorpio Rising <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ubu.com\/film\/anger_scorpio.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>6 Feb<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/?p=130\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-19567\" src=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/Scorpio-Rising-2-4-3-cropped-520x390.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"390\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/1062001496?autoplay=0&amp;loop=0&amp;title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"520\" height=\"374\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/?p=130\">Scorpio Rising 2 (The Gospel according to Matthew\/Hells Angels on Wheels)<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-12691\" src=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/frieze-logo.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1114px) 100vw, 1114px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/frieze-logo.jpg 1114w, https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/frieze-logo-427x113.jpg 427w, https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/frieze-logo-520x138.jpg 520w, https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/frieze-logo-800x212.jpg 800w, https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/frieze-logo-378x100.jpg 378w\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Neal Brown,\u00a0Frieze, Issue 41 June-August 1998 <a href=\"https:\/\/frieze.com\/article\/instantaneous\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">\u2192<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018Instantaneous\u2019 describes itself as \u2018focusing upon the presence of short-lived and individual occurrences\u2019, and claims that \u2018\u2026every instant of the exhibition will be different, as the artists\u2019 activities ignite each other to exist as a composite within a moment of time\u2019. This wishful over-excitement turns out not to be the case, and is probably an embarrassment to the better artists in the show, who fortunately remain unignited. In practice, much of the work is resolutely static, and is about differing kinds of endurance. Curiously, the exhibition\u2019s catalogue essay blanks both the art and the artists, failing to mention them at any point.<\/p>\n<p>The gallery space is kept in semi-darkness, to facilitate those pieces involving projection. Works not requiring darkness therefore appear rarer and more enigmatic than usual. Whether intentional or not, this is successfully atmospheric, like the \u2018Moonlight World\u2019 building for nocturnal animals in London Zoo\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Commanding the huge back wall of the space is Mark Dean\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/?p=128\">Picture in Picture<\/a> (1998). This is elegantly simple, clear and precise, showing the movie The Picture of Dorian Gray in its entirety. Within the centre of the screen an oval insert shows the same film playing backwards, although this cameo is without sound. Picture in Picture is therefore a visual palindrome, symmetrically reflecting the film\u2019s theme of deferred ageing. In Dean\u2019s construction though, this deferment becomes a double negative of durations. As there is a moment at which the two versions meet, Picture in Picture is absolutely consistent with the stated theme of \u2018Instantaneous\u2019. Its only possible fault may be an over-dependency on the original film.<\/p>\n<p>Dean showed other successful variations on the concurrent movie idea, and the random synchronicities and ironic contrasts that these create. In <a href=\"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/?p=130\">Scorpio Rising 2<\/a> (1997), the screen is divided horizontally; the upper showing the trash movie Hells Angels on Wheels (1967), the lower Pasolini\u2019s The Gospel According to St. Matthew (1964). Both run normally, to wry effect.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Beaconsfield, London<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":17519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[102,62],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-selected-exhibitions","category-group"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2386"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":23907,"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2386\/revisions\/23907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/17519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2386"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2386"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chaplachap.com\/art\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2386"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}