Susan Philipsz

I was watching the 3 minute wonder Channel4 were showing in the build up for the Turner Prize. Susan Philipsz was the winner and ironically she showed a piece in conjunction with Modern Art Oxford in 'You are Not alone' 31.10.2009 which I went to see. She had a sound installation piece that was showcased in the Radcliffe Observatory. A building that has secretively been locked away from the public. A personal reason for wanting to go. But it was very moving..being in a beautiful historical building looking over the entire city of Oxford.

http://www.modernartoxford.org.uk/whats-on/you-are-not-alone/additional-resources/
(click the film clip to the right of the screen)

But the piece that won was a scottish lament (sung by herself) that echo under george V bridge in Glasgow, as demonstrated in the video:



To add. In my first year of Visual Design we were asked to do a blogging project (which I loved) I picked Modern Art Oxford as my subject, to research it's web life. How it reflects out on to the world via the internet. After that project we then had to create a publication from our findings. Modern Art Oxford created a Flickr account called 'NO PHOTOGRAPHY ALLOWED'



They were hidden photographs people weren't supposed to have taken within the gallery but did so anyway. (it's a breech of copyright laws for the artist) people uploaded them onto the Flckr account. I must admitt I was one of them!! BUT from this I created a 96 page booklet and Susan Philipsz had a few sneaky photos taken. Here are some screen shots demonstrating my work, and highlighting Philipsz'

There is more information about her winnning Prize at Channel4 news. The actual video I watched had run out on 4oD:

http://www.channel4.com/news/turner-prize-susan-philipsz-wins-prestigious-art-award