The Gallery at Winchester Discovery Centre

Faster, Higher

26 May – 15 July

Faster, Higher is a multi-screen video installation by the artist susan pui san lok. Commissioned to coincide with the 2008 Beijing Olympics, while resonating equally powerfully in the lead-up to London 2012, the piece combines rarely-seen archive material (drawing on Chinese documentary sources and evoking China’s ambiguous relationship to the Games), with footage filmed around the Olympic site in London. Spotlighting the exertions and exhortations of individual athletes training for and competing in a succession of Olympic events, Faster, Higher contrasts their single-minded endeavour and commitment with the play of national and political aspirations that has become an increasing part of the Olympic spectacle.

Installation image from BFI Southbank. Photography: Dave Morgan

The five-screen presentation of the work encompasses the viewer creating a mesmerising and immersive experience. Through the artist’s skilful editing, juxtaposing and repeating the imagery and sounds, we are taken on a journey of celebration and contemplation, referencing the past and the future, achievement and sacrifice.

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Commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella and BFI. Supported by Arts Council England.
Film and Video Umbrella is the UK’s leading agency for the commissioning and production of artists’ film and video work. For over twenty years the organisation has presented a consistently ambitious and engaging programme of contemporary moving image commissions. Delivered in collaboration with galleries and venues across England, Film and Video Umbrella projects bring the most exciting new artists’ moving image work to audiences across the country

 

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