Exhibitions / Kraken: sixty six emails, a face and a gesture

02.09.2015 to 19.09.2015

In late 2014 I invented a Norwegian artist named Tor Rasmussen (also known as Kraken), who came to stay with me for a six week domestic residency. During this time he caused significant upheaval, which I’ve documented through photography, video, and textual correspondence. I play Kraken, Artstay residency program manager Julie Redfern, as well as a version of myself, simultaneously dissolving and expanding the self.

 

The works exhibited in Kraken: sixty six emails, a face and a gesture form part of my Master of Fine Arts study at the VCA, and includes the launch of the book KRAKEN:TEXT.

 

The video can be viewed at https://vimeo.com/138438976

Kraken, rise (video still, 1) 2015 by Chris Bond

Kraken, rise (video still, 1)  2015

digital video

6:24

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Kraken, rise (video still, 2) 2015 by Chris Bond

Kraken, rise (video still, 2)  2015

digital video

6:24

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Kraken (installation view 1) 2015 by Chris Bond

Kraken (installation view 1)  2015

ink print on archival paper

41 x 41 cm

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Kraken: Rise (installation view, side) 2015 by Chris Bond

Kraken: Rise (installation view, side)  2015

Monitor, box

32 x 50 x 27cm

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Kraken: Rise (installation view, side, 2) 2015 by Chris Bond

Kraken: Rise (installation view, side, 2)  2015

Monitor, box

32 x 50 x 27cm

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Chris Bond, Kraken: sixty six emails, a face and a gesture (installation view 1) 2015 by Chris Bond

Chris Bond, Kraken: sixty six emails, a face and a gesture (installation view 1)  2015

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Chris Bond, Kraken: sixty six emails, a face and a gesture (installation view 1) 2015 by Chris Bond

Chris Bond, Kraken: sixty six emails, a face and a gesture (installation view 1)  2015

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Kraken: Text (installation view 2) 2015 by Chris Bond

Kraken: Text (installation view 2)  2015

ink on archival paper, bound

31 x 22 x 2cm, 66 pages

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Untitled (Kraken) 2015 by Chris Bond

Untitled (Kraken)  2015

ink print on archival paper

41 x 41 cm

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