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Aboriginal Myths of South London

Steven Ball
2010

Aboriginal Myths of South London adapts world views associated with indigenous people of Oceania to an interpretation of the space and social history of places in South London. As the first manifestation of the project, this video is presented as its prelude and explores New Kent Road, a major road close to the artist’s home. This application of attitudes to the status of the dead and human relationship to the ground, becomes a materialist alternative to the concept of the genius loci and the familiar. The approach is measured and austere, employing an arrangement of animated photographs and voice texts that becomes a poetic essay.

Duration
10:27
London
England
Aboriginal Myths of South London, – via Vimeo 
Steven Ball, Aboriginal Myths of South London, 2010.jpg
Steven Ball, Aboriginal Myths of South London, 2010.jpg