Blackout

Maziere, M. 2002. Blackout. Tate Britain, London 17 Mar - 15 Sep 2002

CreatorsMaziere, M.
Description

A 10 minute single channel video work blending archive film and newly shot footage to explore the language of cinema through engagement with questions of collective memory, subjectivity and narrative structure. Blackout takes as its starting point a dialogue between two characters in a Hollywood film (The Swimmer, 1968). By blending

archive film and newly shot video material through cinematic devices, Hollywood fiction and autobiographical fact are distilled

into a poetic form as Maziere playfully tricks the viewer into connecting disparate images of varied historical and geographical

contexts. In this way the work aims to present individual emotional experiences as conditioned and read through the mediated

and collective world of cinema.

It is the language of cinema that informs this current investigation, as part of an ongoing engagement with collective memory,

subjectivity and narrative structure. Through the denuded narrative and deliberate absence of clear characterisation, Blackout

examines how the viewer is compelled to fill the contextual vacuum and create a more intense personal, perceptual framework

to experience the work.

Blackout was constructed using only minutes of material culled from over 40 hours of newly shot footage and research into

dozens of feature films from Hollywood film noir and European cinema. The theoretical background to this work is rooted in

Maziere’s own theoretical writings and publishing at that period, notably the The Undercut Reader, Nina Danino/Michael

Maziere (ed), Wallflower Press, London, 2002.

Originally exhibited at Wigmore Fine Art, London (January 2001). Subsequently selected for two major international touring

exhibitions: ‘Light Structures’ curated by Dryden Goodwyn launched at Tate Britain; ‘Desktop Icons’, curated by Chris Byrne

went on to 22 international venues. Also exhibited at over 30 international festivals and venues including, New York, Berlin, Sao

Paulo, Rotterdam, Oberhausen, Milano, Amsterdam, Vienna, Lima, Palermo, Athens and Basel. Subsequently the artist was

selected to lead the International Residency at BANFF in Canada. Citations include Elwes (2005).

Year2002
Web address (URL)http://flamin.filmlondon.org.uk/news_details.asp?NewsID=1083
Output mediaSingle channel video

Related outputs

Editorial
Michael Mazière and Lucy Reynolds 2022. Editorial. Moving Image Review & Art Journal (MIRAJ), The. 11 (2), pp. 161 - 164. https://doi.org/10.1386/miraj_00092_2

Editorial
Maziere, M. and Reynolds, L. 2022. Editorial. The Moving Image Review & Art Journal (MIRAJ). 11 (1), pp. 5-7. https://doi.org/10.1386/miraj_00080_2

Falling Away - Vertigo
Maziere, M. 2021. Falling Away - Vertigo. Ambika P3 21 Oct 2021 - 20 Nov 2022

Editorial
Lucy Reynolds and Maziere, M. 2021. Editorial. The Moving Image Review & Art Journal (MIRAJ). 10 (1-2), pp. 5-7. https://doi.org/10.1386/miraj_00060_2

Editorial
Maziere, M. and Reynolds, L. 2020. Editorial. Moving Image Review & Art Journal . 9 (1), pp. 5-7. https://doi.org/10.1386/miraj_00019_2

“Curating the Nomadic: Film and Video at Ambika P3.”
Maziere, M. 2020. “Curating the Nomadic: Film and Video at Ambika P3.” . in: Fatehrad, Azadeh (ed.) ReFocus: The Films of Sohrab Shahid-Saless: Exile, Displacement and the Stateless Moving Image Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh University Press. pp. pp. 123–130

Moving Image Review Journal
Maziere, M. and Reynolds, L. 2019. Moving Image Review Journal. The Moving Image Review & Art Journal (MIRAJ). 8 (1-2). https://doi.org/10.1386/miraj_00001_2

Chantal Akerman in London
Maziere, M. 2019. Chantal Akerman in London. Camera Obscura. 34 (1), pp. 184-195.

Curating the Nomadic – Film and Video at Ambika P3
Maziere, M. 2018. Curating the Nomadic – Film and Video at Ambika P3. Fatehrad, A. (ed.) Sohrab Shahid Saless: Exile, Displacement and the Stateless Moving Image . Goethe-Institut London, 50 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2PH 19 - 19 Jan 2018 Edinburgh University Press.

CASEBOOKS Six contemporary artists and an extraordinary medical archive - Film
Maziere, M. 2017. CASEBOOKS Six contemporary artists and an extraordinary medical archive - Film. London

Au Revoir, Chantal [French]
Maziere, M. 2017. Au Revoir, Chantal [French]. Monde Du Cinema. 1 (9), pp. 103-112.

AMBIKA P3 CATALOGUES VOLUME 1/2/3/4
Maziere, M. Maziere, M. (ed.) 2017. AMBIKA P3 CATALOGUES VOLUME 1/2/3/4. London University of Westminster.

CASEBOOKS
Maziere, M. Maziere, M. (ed.) 2017. CASEBOOKS. London University of Westminster.

CASEBOOKS - Six contemporary artists and an extraordinary medical archive
Maziere, M. 2017. CASEBOOKS - Six contemporary artists and an extraordinary medical archive. Ambika P3, University of Westminster. 17 Mar - 23 Apr 2017

Testing the Curatorial in Artists’ Film and Video Installation
Maziere, M. 2017. Testing the Curatorial in Artists’ Film and Video Installation. PhD thesis University of Westminster Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media https://doi.org/10.34737/9zx1z

Curating in the post-industrial landscape case study: Ambika P3
Maziere, M. 2017. Curating in the post-industrial landscape case study: Ambika P3. in: The Post-Industrial Landscape as Site for Creative Practice: Material Memory Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. Chapter 6

Akerman_Maziere Rear Window - TV Interview
Maziere, M. 2016. Akerman_Maziere Rear Window - TV Interview . Broadcast

AFTER CHANTAL: An International Conference
Maziere, M. 2016. AFTER CHANTAL: An International Conference. After Chantal: An International Conference. University of Westminster 04 - 06 Nov 2016

Cinema of the Body
Maziere, M. 2016. Cinema of the Body. National Film Theatre 02 - 02 Nov 2016

TV Interview with Michael Maziere on BSkyB and CNC TV
Maziere, M. 2015. TV Interview with Michael Maziere on BSkyB and CNC TV . Broadcast BSKYB

Contemporary Screen-Based Curatorial Practice
Maziere, M. 2015. Contemporary Screen-Based Curatorial Practice. Artists' Moving Image Practice in Britain: From 1990 to Today. Whitechapel Gallery 07 Nov 2015

Chantal Akerman NOW
Maziere, M. 2015. Chantal Akerman NOW. Ambika P3 University of Westminster Nov 2016

Au Revoir, Chantal
Maziere, M. 2015. Au Revoir, Chantal. Moving Image Review & Art Journal. 4 (1&2), pp. 287-292. https://doi.org/10.1386/miraj.4.1-2.288_1

Roundtable discussion: London Film-makers’ Co-op – the second generation
Maziere, M. and Danino, N. 2014. Roundtable discussion: London Film-makers’ Co-op – the second generation. Moving Image Review & Art Journal . 3 (2), pp. 236-247. https://doi.org/10.1386/miraj.3.2.236_7

Victor Burgin A Sense of Place
Maziere, M. and Campany, D. 2013. Victor Burgin A Sense of Place. Ambika P3 01 Nov - 01 Dec 2013

From floor to sky
Maziere, M. 2010. From floor to sky.

Actor
Maziere, M. 2010. Actor. Moscow October 28 - November 07, 2010

The dispersed subject
Maziere, M. 2007. The dispersed subject. Art in-sight. 33.

Final cut: media art and cinema
Maziere, M. 2007. Final cut: media art and cinema.

Assassin
Maziere, M. 2007. Assassin. Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabruck, Germany 25 Apr - 20 May 2007

Flight
Maziere, M. 2004. Flight. Amsterdam, Netherlands 11 - 20 Jun 2004

Die einsamkeit eines systems. Vom kino in die galerie
Maziere, M. 2004. Die einsamkeit eines systems. Vom kino in die galerie. in: Broeckmann, A. and Frieling, R. (ed.) Bandbreite: Medien zwischen Kunst und Politik Berlin, Germany Kadmos. pp. 87-96

Towards a specific practice
Maziere, M. 2002. Towards a specific practice. in: Maziere, M. and Danino, N. (ed.) The Undercut reader: critical writings on artists' film and video London, UK Wallflower Press. pp. 43-45

The solitude of a system
Maziere, M. 2002. The solitude of a system. in: Maziere, M. and Danino, N. (ed.) The Undercut reader: critical writings on artists' film and video London, UK Wallflower Press. pp. 4-8

Mother desire
Maziere, M. 2002. Mother desire. in: Maziere, M. and Danino, N. (ed.) The Undercut reader: critical writings on artists' film and video London, UK Wallflower Press. pp. 102

John Smith's films: reading the visible
Maziere, M. 2002. John Smith's films: reading the visible. in: Maziere, M. and Danino, N. (ed.) The Undercut reader: critical writings on artists' film and video London, UK Wallflower Press. pp. 96-100

Delirium
Maziere, M. 2002. Delirium.

Content in context
Maziere, M. 2002. Content in context. in: Maziere, M. and Danino, N. (ed.) The Undercut reader: critical writings on artists' film and video London, UK Wallflower Press. pp. 238-241

The poetic necessity
Maziere, M. 2001. The poetic necessity. in: Amaducci, A. (ed.) Invideo 2001: altrove: video d'arte e ricerca Milan, Italy Charta. pp. 38-48

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