Hotel 70 Degrees / Hypercaust.
Citation Summary:
Williams, B. (2014), Artist, Hotel 70 Degrees exhibition, Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales (19/05/2014 - 06/07/2014); Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg, Austria (04/10/2014 - 30/11/2014); in Hypercaust, Storyhouse, Chester, England (27/10/2017 - 30/11/2017); and Visions at the Nunnery, Bow Arts, London, England (27/11/2018 - 16/12/2018).
- Submitting institution
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Liverpool John Moores University
- Unit of assessment
- 32 - Art and Design: History, Practice and Theory
- Output identifier
- 32BW3
- Type
- M - Exhibition
- Venue(s)
- Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales. Salzburger Kunstverein, Austria
- Open access status
- Out of scope for open access requirements
- Month of first exhibition
- May
- Year of first exhibition
- 2014
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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1 - Contemporary Art Lab
- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- These artworks, CGI and live-action video installations were created as a response to the question of how to make a work about a building no longer existing. How to re-create the buildings as a location for a narrative - in this case a hotel, an architectural oddity, on a cliff above Colwyn Bay, Wales in the 1970s, that had 70-degree and 90-degree angles, but was demolished in the 2000s. By researching in the local planning department, Williams was able to source some original drawings of the building and reconstruct the building using CGI technology. Through further online research online and, specifically, social media, Williams was able to contact the former manager and customers to source images of the original building and interview him about the history of the building. The dinner service, furniture, and decoration of the interior were all re-created based as part of this research. Hypercaust was a CGI re-creation of a Roman Baths in Chester with a voice-over reading out banal local news stories from the county archives. For Hotel 70 Degrees a parallelogram-shaped publication was inspired by the unusual footprint of the hotel. This was published by Dente de Leone and created in collaboration with the designers Abake. The publication features texts by artist Tai Shani, writer Dan Fox (co-editor Frieze Magazine) and curator Mark Beasley. 70 Degrees was first presented at Oriel Mostyn North Wales (19/04/16-06/07/16); followed by Salzburger Kunstverein (04/10/14-30/11/14); and LISTE Art Fair Basel 2015. The film was also screened at CCA Glasgow (04/09/17). The work was later acquired for a private collection in Amsterdam and was one of the works presented as part of Williams’ shortlisting for the Jarman Award 2015. Hypercaust was presented in their public space at Storyhouse, Chester 2017.
- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
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- English abstract
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