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Commanding Content

This work uses the guise of a home porn movie to explore deeper conceptual notions within art making. Magnusson-Murray’s intention when creating the work was that it can be interpreted in many ways. Her specific goal however was to pair and question two seemingly different concepts/surroundings by blurring the boundaries between art and life. She attempted to use a domestic moment to explore wider more theoretical concerns regarding art making, such as the idea of generating content within art works. The porn film doesn’t actually achieve its goal, it stays in a repeated no man’s land. It attempts to become a representation of a past porn film, but doesn’t achieve its intended outcome. The arti...
2015
film (7 mins, 36 secs)
839
© Karolina Magnusson-Murray. Film still courtesy of The Ingram Collection & Karolina Magnusson-Murray

This work is part of The Ingram Collection of Modern British & Contemporary Art and was on loan to the Lightbox for the exhibition "Redressing the balance: Women Artists from The Ingram Collection" (11 August - 20 September 2020).

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