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Resemblage
About this film
This new work was created using film contained within Lux's film archive to collage, rearrange and alter the content into a piece to be made available online to further promote the artists work in the Lux Collection. In effect this is a piece containing work made as art, recontextualised by an artist, hence Resemblage. The permission of the holders of the original films have been sought before using their work. Resemblage was created with thanks, using film by the following artists: Alan Berliner, Lawrence Jordan, People Like Us, Semiconductor and the Estate of Stan Vanderbeek. PEOPLE LIKE US (Vicki Bennett) creates audio-visual collage using sampling and found footage, often from the renowned Prelinger Archives. These appropriated elements compose the arena where recontextualized sounds and images begin to take on new lives, giving way to multiple worlds of mirrored images. The result is a labyrinthine universe of alchemical mystery where equal measures of lighthearted humour and sinister satire create a balanced art. By using A/V elements from throughout the 20th C., Bennett paradoxically breathes new interpretations into our current relationship with technology. Her work is a de…
Directors & creators
Vicki Bennett