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Conrad Shawcross

Pre-retroscope VI (Gowanus Canal Journey, NY), 2009

Description

Maker

  • Conrad Shawcross, b. 1977, English

Title

Pre-retroscope VI (Gowanus Canal Journey, NY)

Year

2009

Medium

Wood boat, mechanical system, video projection, wall drawing, color photographs by Poppy de Villeneuve

Dimensions

installation dimensions variable

Type

  • Sculpture

Credit

Richard Brown Baker Fund for Contemporary British Art

Object Number

2011.15

Exhibition History

Exhibition History

Journeys

July 8 - October 23, 2011

Pre-retroscope VI (Gowanus Canal Journey, NY) features a handmade rowboat that Conrad Shawcross built and launched for an expedition along Brooklyn’s contaminated Gowanus Canal in 2009. Equipped with a video camera on a revolving motorized track, the boat captured 360-degree panoramic views of the waterway and its urban surroundings. As presented in the gallery, a video projector and small screen replace the camera on the boat’s circular track, displaying video footage from the journey. Documentary photographs and a schematic wall drawing of the Gowanus Canal fill out the journey’s archive.

This project is part of a series of Shawcross’s excursions at sea and on land. Earlier iterations explored bodies of water in England, including the Lea River, Birling Gap Beach, the River Fal in Cornwall, and coastal South Cornwall. Maps, found objects, and recorded observations document Shawcross’s trips and reflect on his experience of each particular place.

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