The Model is delighted to present a major new exhibition by internationally renowned visual artist and filmmaker Phil Collins, opening on Saturday, 20 June. Over the course of a deeply engaged practice spanning three decades, Collins has realised ambitious projects that shift perspective between the individual and the collective, situating personal experience within broader historical contexts. Balancing intimacy with social critique, he consistently challenges the conventions of documentary representation, creating works that are emotionally charged, formally adventurous and attentive to the poetics of the everyday. This presentation brings together three recent moving-image installations which, in distinct registers, reflect on the afterlives of socialism and the ways public space, ideology and collective form shape one another.
The exhibition is accompanied by a screening of Collin’s 2004 film, they shoot horses on Sat. 4 July from 3.30pm – 11.30pm. Referencing the 1935 novel They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, which tells the story of gruelling dance competitions as a form of entertainment during the Great Depression, they shoot horses was a disco dance marathon organised by the artist Phil Collins in 2004 with a group of young people in Ramallah, Palestine, during the Second Intifada.
This screening is accompanied by a programme of events. As part of this Phil Collins will be in conversation with Dr Declan Long at 4pm. For further details please visit our Whats's On page.