Mortal Coil

Parker's Box is delighted to present "Mortal Coil", an exhibition of works by four artists from Northern Europe, whose respective practices all include the use of moving images. While none of the participating artists comes from quite as far north as the Danish court where Shakespeare's... Read more

Parker’s Box is delighted to present “Mortal Coil”, an exhibition of works by four artists from Northern Europe, whose respective practices all include the use of moving images. While none of the participating artists comes from quite as far north as the Danish court where Shakespeare’s Hamlet pronounced the famous words of the exhibition title, they all certainly understand that character’s obsessions. In the very contemporary choice of techniques and images made by these artists, there is a significant grain of Hamlet’s preoccupation with the fragile spiral of existence… More on the Parker’s Box website

Artists: Edith Dekyndt, Simon Faithfull, John Gerrard, Agnieszka Kalinowska