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Julie Henry
This Sporting Life (2002)
This month Film and Video Umbrella will be presenting Julie Henry’s 2002 film This Sporting Life on FVU Watch, in memory of the late artist who passed away earlier this year after a long illness.
In This Sporting Life, Julie forms vivid commentary on the ways in which video technology has transformed the face of televised sport, reminding us of the degree to which sport is no longer ‘only a game’ but has morphed into a fully-fledged media spectacle. Drawing on edited highlights of the Indoor League skittles final of 1973, Henry embellishes these endearingly artless, nostalgic scenes with cleverly integrated action replays and computer graphic simulations; enlisting the original commentator, Dave Lanning, to supply a new voiceover to this additional material.
Former FVU Director Steven Bode has written a new text reflecting on the expansive life and practice of late artist Julie Henry, alongside the creation of her FVU-commissioned work. Read HERE.
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