Parade
Vicki Bennett
The spectators and iconic vistas along the route of the Bupa Great North Run are given centre stage in Vicki Bennett's new film Parade, an animated collage of archive footage from the last 28 years of the event.
Creating a moving image montage of shifting perspectives and irregular angles the footage bursts out of the conventional TV format and reveals to the audience a unique panoramic view of the run. Referencing the Cubist and Futurist influence within the work, the film is accompanied by a playful recording of Erik Satie's Parade by the Willem Breuker Kollektief, providing a reflection of the excitement that surrounds the run itself.
Parade formed part of the Hit The Ground exhibition at The Hatton Gallery.
Vicki Bennett has been making CDs, radio, and A/V multimedia under the name People Like Us since 1991. She animates and recontextualises found footage collages with an equally witty and dark view of popular culture with a surrealistic edge, both pre-recorded and in a live setting. Vicki has shown work at, amongst others, Tate Modern, The National Film Theatre, Purcell Room, The ICA, Sydney Opera House, Pompidou Centre, Sonar in Barcelona and The Walker Art Center in Minneapolis. She has also performed radio sessions for BBC's John Peel, Mixing It, and also CBC, KPFA and does a regular radio show on WFMU which has had over 3/4 million realplayer hits.
