Park McArthur, Passive, Vibration, Isolation 2,3 2014
鈥婸ark McArthur in conversation with Isla Leaver-Yap
鈥婸ark McArthur in conversation with Isla Leaver-Yap - microphone
鈥婸ark McArthur in conversation with Isla Leaver-Yap - audience
New York based artist聽Park McArthur works in sculpture, sound and text. Through her work, she raises questions about embodiment聽and聽how ideas can be represented in a tangible and visual way.
To coincide with her 补迟听, ,聽Walker Art Center's Bentson Scholar of Moving Image in Minneapolis聽and聽Director of LUX, Scotland.
The exhibition includes several large sculptures made from high-density acoustic foam and a series of paper pieces, which have been treated with superabsorbent powder, which can soak up and hold large quantities of liquid. With these new works, McArthur explores how materials have the potential to change over time through interaction with their environment. Taking this as their starting point,聽Leaver-Yap and McArthur lead a discussion on what it means for materials to undergo a process of transformation or change, drawing connections with wider questions of social change.
This event will be BSL interpreted. If you have any other access needs that you would like to let us know about please contact: Anna Murray, Assistant Curator: Access聽anna.murray@tate.org.uk聽or call聽+44 (0)20 7887聽8888.听
Biography
Park McArthur
Park McArthur was born in North Carolina, USA and lives and works in New York. Solo exhibitions include Lars Friedrich, Berlin (2014); Yale Union, Portland, Oregon (2014); and Essex Street, New York (2014). Group exhibitions include聽Greater New York, PS1 MoMA, New York;聽Unorthodox, The Jewish Museum, New York; Ludwig Forum, Aachen (all 2015). Her writing has been included has been published in Women & Performance: A journal of feminist theory聽with Constantina Zavitsanos,聽and The聽Happy Hypocrite edited by Isla Leaver-Yap. McArthur co-edited the book Beverly Buchanan, 1978 鈥 1981 (Athe虂ne虂e Press 2015) with Jennifer Burris Staton and together they are organizing an exhibition of Buchanan鈥檚 work for The Sackler Center for Feminist Art at The Brooklyn Museum, opening September聽2016.听
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Isla Leaver-Yap works with artists to produce texts and events. They are Walker Art Center鈥檚 Bentson Moving Image Scholar, Minneapolis; and LUX Scotland鈥檚 Director. Recent projects include work with Uri Aran, Leslie Thornton, Lucy McKenzie, Hanne Darboven, Andrea B眉ttner, Shahryar Nashat, Moyra Davey, Dexter Sinister, James Richards, and Radclyffe聽Hall.
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Tate Talks is supported by The J Isaacs Charitable Trust.