Anthea Hamilton: Primetime
Specifically conceived for the architecture and location of our Hayward Gallery, Primetime is a new film by artist Anthea Hamilton.
The work, which features a photograph of an almost nude white male model from the early 1980s intercut with new footage of four performers – Jasmine Chiu, Jordan Johnhope, Duane Nasis and Bakani Pick-Up, runs day and night on a specially constructed six-metre screen outside the Hayward Gallery. Running day and night, it maps still and moving images onto the 24-hour cycle of a clock.
‘Primetime is a visually stunning, thrillingly inventive project that plays with the dynamic between still and moving images, analog and digital, sculpture and video, whilst compellingly refreshing our ideas of what a ‘film’ can be.’
This commission by Anthea Hamilton is generously supported by the Hayward Gallery Commissioning Committee, with additional support from Adam and Mariana Clayton Collection, Thomas Dane Gallery, Candida and Zak Gertler, and kaufmann repetto, Milan / New York.
The free video installation can be viewed on our Hayward Gallery Terrace until 24 April.