Lifespan, 2009
claire healy & sean cordeiro (australia)
claire healy & sean cordeiro (australia)
53rd Vennice Biennale
claire healy & sean cordeiro are contemporay Australian sculptors who collaborates to produce works exploring the relationship between creation and consumption, often working with recycled and reused quotidian objects. they also work in solos - claire healy experiments with large scale site-specific installations whilst sean cordeiros work are public and in-gallery installational sculptures. one of the duos recent collect
ion Lifespan, 2009 which represneted Australia in 53rd vennice Biennale was an installation piece which consisted of 195 774 VHS video cassettes arranged into a solid rectangular block. the combination running time for all videos which adds up to 60.1 years represented the average lifespan of a person during the 1976 the year VHS was first produced. it captures ones life in such materialistic product which is quite ironic and witty. your whole life in just a block.
ion Lifespan, 2009 which represneted Australia in 53rd vennice Biennale was an installation piece which consisted of 195 774 VHS video cassettes arranged into a solid rectangular block. the combination running time for all videos which adds up to 60.1 years represented the average lifespan of a person during the 1976 the year VHS was first produced. it captures ones life in such materialistic product which is quite ironic and witty. your whole life in just a block. claireandsean.com
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