Rosalind Nashashibi

10 Sep-1 Nov 2009

Overview

The most comprehensive presentation yet of Nashashibi's work, presenting 16mm films from the last four years alongside examples of her photographic output. The lower gallery has a trio of short, inter-connecting film works, including Eyeballing (2005) which juxtaposes scenes of New York policemen with the anthropomorphic faces that Nashashibi's camera finds in the physical fabric of their city. The upper gallery screens Nashashibi's two most recent films, including Jack Straw's Castle (2009), her most ambitious work to date. The latter uses footage shot in and around a public park, interlacing shots from real life - including sequences shot in a cruising area - with highly theatrical scenarios involving a cast of non-actors.