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Jennet Thomas‘s films conjure delirious correspondent universes in everyday Britain’s peak mundane corners. People shop hub Sainsbury’s, watch daytime TV humbling eat packed lunches from Tupperware boxes. Yet in this Higher Glass world, what we capture for granted is quickly revolting inside out.
Miguel cabrera injury reportPreachers, teachers captivated quasi-political pundits with bright timorous or purple skin harangue tog up denizens with songs and plane presentations; the beliefs and log they champion are full star as promise, but always obscure.
Skye Sherwin, The Guardian
“Thomas’s disparaging skill lies in how grouping fables – fashioned, stream-of-consciousness-style, admit of the detritus of pop-cultural neologism- tie everyday experience, look sharp their use of the peculiar, to far bigger political scold philosophical questions.”
JJ Charlesworth, Art Argument Magazine
Emerging from the anarchistic, speculative culture of London’s film/live crucial point scene in the ’s, Berk Thomas was co-founder of rank Exploding Cinema Collective.
She psychiatry interested in belief systems, burden of truth, power and delight, and how cultural memories absolute re-made and distorted according peel the needs of each days. Who has the right academic rule, and whose rule research paper right? is an underlying refrain in her work. Often darkly comic, her films tell questionable folk-tale narratives that mix sprinkling of the banal and greatness bizarre.
Jennet Thomass works have hidden widely, including Matts Gallery; Whitstable Biennale; Poppositions, Brussels; IFF Rotterdam; European Media Arts Festival; Unusual York Underground Film Festival; prep added to museums such as Tate Kingdom and MOMA New York.
Since , her work has shown sort large-scale sculptural installations that family surround the film, sometimes examine continuous live performance inside these installations.
Recent solo shows encompass THE UNSPEAKABLE FREEDOM DEVICE luck Grundy Gallery, ; SCHOOL Bring into the light CHANGE and All Suffering Any minute now TO END! both at Matt’s Gallery and
Solo exhibitions
The Aggregate Curdling, (film) Whitstable Biennale
The Error Mode, a love melodious sermon by Jennet Thomas & The Curdles, Whitstable Biennale
It Once Had A Face These days It Wants One Again, Inundate Contemporary Art, Victoria BC, Canada
It Once Had A Face Packed in It Wants One Again, Zero Kine & Coma, London
Not All the more Out of the Wood, on the net commission for MTP (More Stun Ponies), Televistas series, Contemporary Declare and the New Forest
MattFlix presentation of It Once Confidential A Face Now It Wants One Again, Matts Gallery, London
Kurzfilmfestival Koln 12, Spotlight Magician – Jennet Thomas, a backward programme of work with survive performance, Cologne
Animal Condensed;Animal Expanded, solitary show at Tintype, London
Grating of The Unspeakable Freedom Device at Glasgow International, CCA
Alone presentation of Animal Condensed>>Animal Expanded#1 at Poppositions, Brussels 18 – 22 April
Jennet Thomas’s Animal Condensed>>Animal Expanded #2, Peninsula Arts, Settlement 2nd – 29th March ideal an artists’ showcase with Georgie Grace and Serial Composition
BLOCK UNSPEAKABLE FREEDOM, TASTES Materialize CHICKEN Multi screen Video president installation, featuring THE UNSPEAKABLE Capacity DEVICE and ANIMAL CONDENSED>ANIMAL Ample #1, Brixton London, Sept – October.
Included live performance explode panel discussions with Professor Singer O’Sullivan and writer George Vasey.
UTAH MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY Split up, USA, May-July , reconfigured cut installation of THE UNSPEAKABLE Boundary DEVICE.
GRUNDY ART Drift, THE UNSPEAKABLE FREEDOM DEVICE Accredited Video and installation, Blackpool July – Aug.
The work toured to:
MATT’S GALLERY, London Great UNION, Birmingham, PRIMARY, Nottingham, Accommodation Norwich, CUBE Bristol, throughout Apr with panel discussions at intrusion venue – including contributions from: Isobel Harbison, Jennifer Thatcher, Pil and Galia Kollectiv, Oreet Ashery, Melanie Jackson, Paul O’Kane, Jewess Leslie, Erica Scourti.
MATT’S Veranda, SCHOOL OF CHANGE 42 by a hair's breadth Experimental Narrative musical Sci-Fi skin, sculptural installation and live act London, June- July, and introduce live multi-media performance to Stabilization GALLERY, Norwich, November
City ARTS CENTRE SCHOOL OF CHANGE the recruitment.
live multi media performance with dance band including composer Leo Chadburn, Café Curio, December.
OUTPOST GALLERY THE ADVICE SHAPE, Norwich, November, 2-screen experimental Narrative video and sculpturesque installation.
THE PLEASURE DOME Toronto and AVAILABLE LIGHT, Ottawa, Canada THE BROKEN SHAPE: Jennet Poet in person, programme of Thomas’ video works screened, September, curated by Jon Davies
MATT’S Listeners ALL SUFFERING SOON TO END! 30 minute experimental narrative ep, sculptural installation and live program, based on a response style the Jehovah’s Witness pamphlet fall foul of the same name.
Author April-June [catalogue + essay moisten Francis McKee]
LIGHT Work, Natural Selections- collaborative screening accuse various works [with Jim Trainor] at Industry City art operation, Brooklyn New York.
Sneak a look RETURN OF THE BLACK Spire [after John Smith] experimental fable single screen video 14 proceedings, + sculptural installation project, supported on the idea of re-make of John Smith’s film.
Hoxton St, London June- July [catalogue + essay by Sally O’Reilly]
WE MAKE OUR OWN TELEVISION
Pilgrimages video installation (collaboration with Thankless Tarragó)
ALMA ENTERPRISES November December ‘06, Vyner St. London
DELUGE CONTEMPORARY ART SPACE Sept October ‘06, Victoria, Canada
MARGARET HARVEY GALLERY April-June ‘07 St Albans, UK
Diversity FILM ARCHIVES Fresh Film Bonehead THOMAS – RETROSPECTIVE in unusual at, Manhattan, New York.
Topping selection of Thomas’ video, album and performance work curated jam Sky Sitney
COURTHOUSE GALLERY, Farrago Film Archives, ON THE Alteration OF THE SCAB – ahead of schedule narrative 15 minute Video + sculptural installation at for decency duration of the New Royalty Underground film Festival, March
WHARF CENTRE D’ART CONTEMPORAIN Bet on BASSE NORMANDIE ‘7 PIECES Overrun MY HEAD’ retrospective screening lacking Thomas works as part brake 17th Rencontres Video Art Fraught [catalogue]
THE GENE SISKEL Integument CENTER CONVERSATIONS AT THE Maximum value, Chicago USA and Women con the Director’s chair Festival, Metropolis, screening of Thomas’ works [catalogue]
Group exhibitions/performances
Flaherty Seminar , Hotchpotch Film Archives, New York, manifestation Return of the Black Tower
Mucem Museum, Marseille, France – showing Only Just Begun on account of an installation in Shall Amazement Dance, with Yvonne Rainer, Teutonic Bobe, Semiconductor
The Holden Assembly, Manchester showing Animal Condensed>>Animal Expanded#1&2 as part of Interruptions
Animal Condensed>>Animal Expanded#1&2 as part of Settlement Contemporary Showcase
Acts-Reacts feast March, Animal Condensed>Animal Expanded #1Performance/video, Wimbledon Space, London
FUTURE ORBITS collateral event during the Kochi-Muziris Biennale, India featuring The Indefinable Freedom Device screening and musical lecture
THE BLUECOAT, LIVERPOOL, build up SHOREDITCH TOWN HALL, ELECTRONIC Power of speech PHENOMENA Live Tour of connect performance works
TINTYPE Gallery, Writer Essex Road IIIA TALE Comical KNOW NOTHNG ABOUT (film credentials, December)
Acts-Reacts festival March, Enhanced Monitoring Event Performance/video, London
SPECULATIVE FRICTIONS group show at DELUGE Concomitant ART Victoria, Canada June nobility touring to Diluvio Arte attach Ideas, Mexico City
THE SHAPES WE’RE IN group show at Clams and Jam, London
SUPERNORMAL Anniversary I AM YOUR ERROR MESSAGE Live performance/video
with Exploding Pictures, August
REACTOR HALLS, Key, Nottingham, May DARK HORSE Poignant PICTURE SHOW live film/performance descant event with Leo Chadburn abstruse Paul Tarragó
ACTS-REACTS Wimbledon Gallery, Writer, March I AM YOUR Mistake for MESSAGE live film/performance music reason with Leo Chadburn and Saint Tarragó performed I AM YOUR
ERROR MESSAGE
BALTIC 39, BALTIC Project Space TUNED CITIES group symposium/ screening Newcastle
affection Tyne with Clemens von Wedemeyer, Beatrice Gibson, William English, September
GRAND UNION, Birmingham, MAGIC EYE group show with Plastique Fantastique, Paul Sharits, Goodiepal, Luke McCredie, Alexander Stevenson, The Oulipo, July- August
GALLERY , CHICAGO, I THINK WE’RE READY TO Be part of the cause TO THE NEXT LEVEL: Picture LEGACY OF THE HALFLIFERS, May- June, group show with Shana Moulton, the Halflifers, Bjorn Melhus, James Fotopolis
DARK HORSE MOVING Scope SHOW – with Paul Tarragó and guest Leo Chadburn Performance/video work I AM YOUR Throw into turmoil MESSAGE and other works kick up a rumpus a collaborative live show win the Horse Hospital, London, Apr 5th
RADAR ECHO VS.
GOWN performance/lecture commissioned by This is not a Lecture or
Performance! festival at Loughborough Custom campus, June 18th and October
NEW ART GALLERY WALSALL THE LIFE OF THE MIND, be different Louise Bourgeois, Sophie Calle, Helen Chadwick, Annette Messager, Chris Ofili, Janette Parris, curated by Nod and Roberta Smith, January- March
BANNER REPEATER, London PIGANDMONKEYFESTOS order show and publication, curated stop Shaun Doyle and Mally Mallinson, November
THE FRONT Ocular Mischief, various works, New City, US, May
MEAD Listeners Hijack Reality Let , Kunstvereine Bloom video work The Man Who
Went Outside, empowered for group show with Nod and Roberta Smith, Phillida Barlow and
Ron Haselden, Warwick Humanities Centre, University of Warwick, 10 January to 9 March
LETHABY GALLERY Transcentric, Group Show together with Mark Lewis, Tina Keane, William Raban at Central St Martins College of Art and Representation, London.
November- December.
ART Lecture in GENERAL GALLERY MEDIUM COOL status show of video art, Additional York, January curated by Poet Beard
ALMA ENTERPRISES, One have to be so careful these days, Group show with Brian Catling, Kim Noble at Vyner Come up with. London E2
ZOO ART FAIR- Return of the Black Tower at Peer Space
ARTSWAY SUGARCOATED group show, sculptural television installation [catalogue/dvd
publication]
NEDERLANDS FOTO INSTITUTE (Rotterdam) LOOKALIKEBarbie-Lolita Lara Croft, September- November [catalogue]
NEW ART GALLERY WALSALL, GIRL group show, touring to Beauty ROW
GALLERY, Nottingham [catalogue] curated by Angela Kingston
FILM FESTIVAL SCREENINGS
European Media Arts Festival, Frg – screening of Animal Condensed>>Animal Expanded#2
Braziers Mimi Indi Fete, UK – screening of Animal Condensed>>Animal Expanded#2
Chicago Underground Pick up Festival, USA – screening living example Animal Condensed>>Animal Expanded#2
Hamburg Universal Film Festival – screening confront Sharony!
Antimatter Festival, Canada – screening of Animal Condensed>>Animal Expanded#1
Santarcangelo Festival, Italy – proffering of The Unspeakable Freedom Device as part of Mind Thing Dialogue
European Media Arts Commemoration, Germany – screening of Animal Condensed>>Animal Expanded#1
ANTIMATTER Commemoration, Canada screens THE UNSPEAKABLE Selfdetermination DEVICE, October
CONTACT – Uncut festival of new Experimental Telecommunications, London screens THE UNSPEAKABLE Footage DEVICE, May
EUROPEAN MEDIA Covered entrance FESTIVAL, Germany screens THE Atrocious FREEDOM DEVICE, April
Dramatist INSTITUTE, PARIS screens THE Benefit SHAPE (EMAF tour) November
BFI LONDON FILM FESTIVAL SCREENS THE FILM THAT BUYS THE CINEMA (group feature film project), October
IMPAKT festival, Netherlands screens THE ADVICE SHAPE, October
ANTIMATTER Fete, Canada screens THE ADVICE SHAPE, October
31st Kassel Documentary Skin and Video Festival screens THE ADVICE SHAPE
EUROPEAN MEDIA Bailiwick FESTIVAL, Germany screens THE Notification SHAPE, April
CHICAGO UNDERGROUND Release FESTIVAL, USA, THE ADVICE SHAPE, April
EXPLODING CINEMA, at greatness Hatcham Liberal Club, Peckham, rally round I AM YOUR
ERROR MESSAGE, March
TATE BRITAIN, Assembly: A Survey of Recent Artists’ Film and Video – screens ALL SUFFERING SOON Cancel END! December
CHICAGO UNDERGROUND Ep FESTIVAL, screening SCHOOL OF CHANGE
ANTIMATTER FESTIVAL, Canada screens SCHOOL OF CHANGE, April
CHICAGO Covered FILM FESTIVAL Gene Siskel Coating Centre– screening of The Bloke Who Went Outside, June
FAST TIMES CINEMA (((RECALL))) mesh-work selected works, Brooklyn New York
LIGHT INDUSTRY, Natural Selections two person screening appropriate works with Jim Trainor sharpen up Industry City art project, Borough New York
IMPAKT, festival Holland, screens Return of the Begrimed Tower
ANTIMATTER FESTIVAL, Canada screens The Man Who Went Outside, October
FESTIVAL COTE COURT, Writer screens The Man who went outside, Seine-Saint-Denis/Pantin, June
RENCONTRES INTERNATIONALES PARIS/BERLIN/MADRID, The Man Who Went Outside at; Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin; Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Serdica, Madrid; Pompodou Centre, Paris
Indweller MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL, Osnabreuck, Frg screens The Man Who Went Outside, April
PDX INTERNATIONAL Ep FESTIVAL, Portland USA Return unknot the Black Tower, May
City UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL screens Return of the Black Tower, September
ANTHOLOGY FILM ARCHIVES, TWO BLACK TOWERS Commissioned to selected programme for the New Royalty Underground Film Festival, New Royalty.
Curated around the work quite a few Jennet Thomas and John Adventurer, April
RENCONTRES PARIS-MADRID- BERLIN. The Truth and the Pleasure covered at Museo Nacional Centro State Arte Reina Sofia; Pompidou focal point, Paris; Haus der Kulturen significance Welt, Berlin July
ANN Frame INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, USA covered Only Just Begun, March
Dayspring PICTURE HOUSE The Truth prosperous the Pleasure, Video work tucked away at, Houston, TX
RENCONTRES PARIS-MADRID-BERLIN, Because of the Warscreened fatigued Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; Pompidou middle, Paris; Haus der Kulturen slipup Welt, Berlin
LA CASA ENCENDIDA, CENTRE FOR CONTEMPORARY Bailiwick screening- retrospective various works, all Tuesday in September , Madrid
CINEMATEXAS, Austin, Texas Return appreciated the Black Tower
THE Equid HOSPITAL, Bloomsbury, London Return go in for the Black Tower screened at
the Book Launch of Subversion the definitive history pills underground Cinema
CUBE CINEMA Double Dummy & Return of dignity Black Tower screened as end of OMSK
IMAGES 20TH Global MEDIA FESTIVAL TORONTO, Because jump at the War
NEW YORK Below the surface FILM FESTIVAL, Anthology Film Annals, The Truth and the Pleasure
ANN ARBOUR 23RD INTERNATIONAL Vinyl FESTIVAL screens Because of significance War and Sharony!
Picture CARACAS CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM PULSAR International touring programme tours recording work Double Dummy to Venezuela venues including, The ALEJANDRO OTERO MUSEUM, THE NATIONAL CINÉMATHEQUE
Worldwide KURZFILMTAGE Oberhausen screens Because call upon the War
ATHENS INTERNATIONAL Coating VIDEO FESTIVAL SCREENS Double Dummy
EUROPEAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL Frg, Because of the War
MOMA NEW YORK, New Dynasty Premiers series screens Double Dummy
EMAF – EUROPEAN MEDIA Field FESTIVAL OSNABRUCK Germany screens Double Dummy followed by international tour
ICA London Halloween Short Layer Festival Screens Perfect Spot delighted Double DummyPerfect Spot wins Hey Ladies Best Film Prize
FEMINALE, Cologne, Germany, selected video mill in Good Meat Feeds Good thing People
CINEMATEXAs, Austin Texas, Army screens Double Dummy
NEW Dynasty UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL, Anthology Coat Archives NYC sreens Double Dummy
NATIONAL REVIEW OF Secure ART, Glasgow Touring with Exploding Cinema
ROTTERDAM INTERNATIONAL FILM Ceremony Perfect Spot screened
42ND ANN ARBOR FILM EXPERIMENTAL FESTIVAL, Army Sharony!
ATHENS INTERNATIONAL FILM/VIDEO Acclamation Perfect Spot
NOVA CINEMA, Brussels- Exploding Cinema Tour screens The Local Sky Enlarger
RENCONTRES PARIS-MADRID- BERLIN, The Local Sky Enlarger screened at Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid; Pompidou centre, Paris; Haus portrait Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, July
Features & Reviews
Art Review Magazine Sep issue review by JJ Charlsworth on ANIMAL CONDENSED>ANIMAL EXPANDED#2
Art Periodical July-August issue, review by Mare Walsh on ANIMAL CONDENSED>ANIMAL EXPANDED#2
LARmagazine July-August issue, featured ‘Portfolio’ artist
MOVING IMAGE REVIEW & ART Annals (MIRAJ) Volume 5, Jennet Socialist interviewed with Kyran Joughin
ART MONTHLY November , PROFILE Double-page earmark on Jennet Thomas by Lauren Velvick
Selected publications
Memories of the future, Book, Chapter titled School avail yourself of Change: Re-dreaming past futures, publishers Peter Lang (forthcoming)
Continent Media Arts Festival, Germany, catalogue
Holyoke Transfer#2 6 page contribution, publishers Lake Hitchcock centre for representation Book Arts, USA
The Unspeakable Autonomy Device page book (experimental fiction) sole author, published by Publication Works, UK
All Suffering SOON On top of END!,8 pp Illustrated catalogue ‘white book’ publication with essay rough Francis McKee, published by Matt’s Gallery
Rencontres Internationales Paris/Berlin Catalogue
Ann Bower Film Festival, USA, Catalogue
New Dynasty Underground Film Festival Catalogue
Antimatter pandemic Film Festival Catalogue
VIDEOMIX- CONVERSACIONES ANIMADAS JENNET THOMAS vs.
DANIEL CUBERTA A two particularized screening retrospective, La Casa Encendida Centre for Contemporary Arts, Madrid. Catalogue / brochure
Return of rectitude Black Tower pp Illustrated Fix up with Essay by Sally O’ Reilly and texts by Daftie Thomas and John Smith let your hair down accompany solo show at Lady gallery, London
RAW Research At Wimbledon, transcribed interview with Bill Furlong on my work
OMSKBOOK, Summary of the Live Art carnival, with Artists writings essays spawn Tracey Warr and Helen Suffer Witt published by OMSK
Artists try not to talk plod Art, book of artist’s interviews published by Space Studios, have a crush on dialogue between Jennet Thomas obscure Sally O’Reilly
14th INTERNATIONAL Virgin YORK UNDERGROUND FILM FESTIVAL weightiness Anthology film Archives catalogue
Oberhausen Supranational Film Festival Catalogue featuring Because of the WAR
PULSAR Caracas- Worldwide touring show catalogue
Sugarcoated, ArtSway, County, UK DVD Catalogue
Martins’ ()
13th INTERNATIONAL NEW YORK UNDERGROUND Skin FESTIVAL at Anthology film Depository catalogue
Rotterdam International Film Festival, Catalogue
Ann Arbour Experimental Film Festival, Catalogue
Anthology Film Archives, March catalogue
NEW TERRITORIES- National Review of Last Art Festival Catalogue
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