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Don't Look at the Finger

Hetain Patel

Exhibition

Event overview

Don't Look at the Finger presents a wedding ceremony where bodies speak physically through ritual, combat and signed languages. It draws from several highly stylised and recognisable visual conventions including Hong Kong martial arts movies and West African wedding ceremonies. Propelled by a metamorphosing soundtrack and transforming costumes, the film challenges our expectations about all of the elements we encounter - a reminder of how some of the signature symbols of cultural traditions and languages can become interestingly blurred and entangled.

The film shows at The New Art Gallery Walsall, along with Patel's The Other Suit 2, a life-sized sculpture of the artist wearing a custom-made, hand-painted Spider-Man suit.

Event details

Details

22 June 2018 – 29 July 2018

The New Art Gallery Walsall

Gallery Square, WS2 8LG

Free admission.

Events

Thu 21 June, 6-8pm: Preview (all welcome)

Sun 8 July: Hetain Patel in Conversation

Sun 29 July: Movie Martial Arts, children's workshop

Don't Look at the Finger was commissioned by Film and Video Umbrella with Manchester Art Gallery and QUAD. Supported by Arts Council England. Initial research supported by Jerwood Choreographic Research Project.

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