"Lonely Fire" Exhibition
Camel Art Space
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The exhibition borrows its name from the epic Miles Davis track from the Bitches Brew Sessions recorded between 1969-1970 and will explore the concepts of the deification of the modern male athlete, spirituality, local tradition and the road to victory.
Historically, sports or games were organized to ready men for battle and were held in honor of local religious traditions. Some of the first Western games were foot races that were enacted within religious sanctuaries, which precipitated the Olympic Games and the modern sports industrial complex. The gain of immense ascendancy of the individual through organized physical group-set competition began within this framework and has never left our collective conscience.
Sports are still perhaps the greatest theater of live performance where local customs and factional interests are played out. Sports bring solidarity to diverse populations, unified behind a shared goal of winning and team identity. It is in this context that the spectacle of human beings pitted against one and another (or going at it alone) is at its greatest and yet most basic height.
Media
Schedule
from March 12, 2010 to April 25, 2010
Opening Reception on 2010-03-12 from 19:00 to 21:00
Artist(s)
Tania Cross, Ben Needham, Sam Martineau, Adam Taye, James Woodward