SELECTED PROJECTS
2021
NUSUN
ALPHA (ANNE DUFFAU) AND MATT CARTER
AT SOUTHKIOSK.COM FROM 21 FEB 2021
A counter curse
AFTER SUNDOWN
ONE YEAR OF WAITING
We unleashed the darkness
AND SUFFOCATING
IN THE GLOOM OF LOCKDOWN
OF THIS CELESTIAL COME-DOWN
NUSUN will unravel togetherness
back to bodily communions
2020
SUNDOWN
ALPHA (ANNE DUFFAU) AND MATT CARTER
PART OF ON THE FACE OF IT, AT THE HEART OF IT
AT SOUTH KIOSK, BUSSEY BUILDING, LONDON SE15 3SN // 9 FEB 2020
ONE OF THREE SOUND EVENTS FOR ON THE FACE OF IT, AT THE HEART OF IT AT SOUTH KIOSK LONDON, WITH WORK ALSO FROM BARNEY KASS AND VIVIENNE GRIFFINM
MORE ON ALPHA / ANNE DUFFAU / A---Z
2019
GAZE INTO THE UNKOWN PART 1: VISIBLE & INVISIBLE
A---Z AT MIMOSA HOUSE, 12 PRINCES STREET LONDON W1B 2LL
13 DECEMBER 2019 // 18:30 - 21:30
NEW WORK SCREECH-OWL (2019) MADE IN RESPONSE TO THE EXHBITION OF TOMASO BINGA AT MIMOSA HOUSE, LONDON. PART OF THE A---Z LIVE, AUDIO, PERFORMANCE,VIDEO PROGRAMME GAZE INTO THE UNKNOWN.
OUR EYES ON
PAF FESTIVAL OF FILM ANIMATION AND CONTEMPORARY ART
OLOMOUC, CZECHIA, 6 DECEMBER 201
PRESENTED BY A---Z (ANNE DUFFAU), OUR EYES ON IS A NEW LIVE WORK REMIXING VIDEO, IMAGES AND SOUND RECORDED ON-THE-FLY WITH A SHIFTING LIGHTING STATE INTO AN INTENSE DURATINOAL ENVIRONMENT.
INSTALLATION IMAGES AND VIDEO STILLS
35TH ANNUAL OPEN
SOUTHWARK PARK GALLERIES, LONDON SE16 2UA
20 NOVEMBER - 8 DECEMBER 2019
VIDEO WORK UNTITLED [SMILER] (2019) INCLUDE AS PART OF . THE ABBUAL SALON EXHIBITION AT SOUTHWARK PARK GALLERIS.
A---Z 7TH BIRTHDAY: TRINITY_SLOG / NAPALM
JULY 2019
2 X COMMISSIONED POSTCARDS MARKING 7 YEARS OF THE NOMADIC CURATORIALL PLATFORM FROM CULTURAL PRODUCER ANNE DUFFAU.
2018
24H
MATT CARTER , LONDON , 25/27/28 OCT 2018
24H IS A NEW BODY OF WORK BY MATT CARTER COMPRISING VIDEO, SOUND, TEXT, INSTALLATION, LIGHTING AND PERFORMANCE. THE WORK WAS INSTALLED THROUGHOUT MATT’S FLAT IN EAST LONDON, THE LOCATION OF WHICH INFORMS MUCH OF THE REFERENCES, CONCERNS, FEELINGS, ANALYSES, WORKINGS OUT AND COMMENTS THAT RESIDE WITHIN IT. A REWORKED LIVE VERSION OF UNTILTLED _>_II_I<<_ TOOK PLACE AT 02:00/01:00 ON 28 OCT AS THE CLOCKS WENT BACK AN HOUR DURING THE SHIFT FROM BST TO GMT.
EXHIBITION INFO: PDF DOWNLOAD
MATT CARTER: 24H (2018)
2014
2012
NOT IN THE CORNERS INSTALLATION VIEW, 2012, COURTESY MARIA STENFORS, LONDON
EDGING
LINA BEMBE & MAX DISGRACE / MATT CARTER / RICHARD HEALY / ANNETTE KENNERLEY / LEN LUKOWSKI / LIZ ROSENFELD / JAMES SWEETBAUM / JOHN WALTER / IAN WOOLDRIDGE
LUX, WATERLOW PARK CENTRE, LONDON N19 5JF
28 APRIL 2018
EXPLORING THE COMPLEX INTERACTION BETWEEN ENVIRONMENT, DURATION AND BEHAVIOUR WITHIN CRUISING SITES, EDGING REWORKS THE SPACE THAT LUX OCCUPIES IN WATERLOW PARK FOR ONE EVENING, BRINGING TOGETHER A RANGE OF CONTEMPORARY PERSPECTIVES AND EXPERIENCES OF CRUISING THROUGH MOVING IMAGE, SOUND AND PERFORMANCE THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING AND GARDEN.
EDGING RESOURCE: PDF DOWNLOAD
MATT CARTER: UNTITLED_>_II_I<<
CGII
OLIVER PAYNE & NICK RELPH / FIONA ANDERSON /
BENNY NEMEROFSKY RAMSAY / NAKED BOYS READING /
LINA BEMBE & MAX DISGRACE / MATT CARTER / RICHARD HEALY / ANNETTE KENNERLEY / LEN LUKOWSKI / LIZ ROSENFELD /
JAMES SWEETBAUM / JOHN WALTER / IAN WOOLDRIDGE
LUX, WATERLOW PARK CENTRE, LONDON N19 5JF
18 APRIL - 12 MAY 2018
EXTENDING UPON THE RESEARCH AND PROGRAMME OF 2017’S CRUISING GROUND, CRUISING GROUND II (CGII) RETURNS TO THE PROJECT WITH MORE WORKSHOPS, SCREENINGS AND EVENTS, WRITING AND A COMMISSION BRINGING TOGETHER A RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES AND DISCOURSES AROUND CRUISING.
CGII
2017
LIBROS QUINTO Y SEXTO DE MADRIGALES DE CLAUDIO MONTEVERDI
DIRECTED BY GERARD JONES
CO-DESIGNER, VISUALS, AV PRODUCTION: MATT CARTER
TEATRO ARRIAGA ANTZOKIA, BILBAO
19 & 20 DECEMBER 2017
VIDEO DOCUMENTATION: FULL PRODUCTION (E-MAILFOR PASSWORD)
MADRIGALS, 2017: MATT CARTER
CRUISING GROUND
LUX SUMMER SEASON 2017 IN COLLABORATION WITH CRUSEV
PROGRAMMED BY MATT CARTER & CRUSEV
LUX, WATERLOW PARK, LONDON: JUL-SEP 2017
CRUISING GROUND IS A SUMMER-LONG PROGRAMME COMPRISED OF WRITING, SCREENINGS, WORKSHOPS, EVENTS AND TWO EXHIBITIONS - ROSALIND NASHASHIBI: JACK STRAW’S CASTLE AND LUX LIBRARY DISPLAY: CRUISING GROUNDS. BRINGING TOGETHER A RANGE OF PERSPECTIVES AND DISCOURSES ON CRUISING THE PROGRAMME ENGAGES WITH THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE REPEAL OF THE SEXUAL OFFENCES ACT 1967 AND THE GEOGRAPHICAL AND CULTURAL LANDSCAPE OF LUX’S NEW LOCATION NEAR HAMPSTEAD HEATH IN NORTH LONDON. CRUISING GROUND IS ALSO AN ONGOING RESEARCH PROJECT, PROPOSING THE METHODOLOGIES OF CRUISING AS STRATEGY FOR INSTITUTIONAL DESTABILISATION AND QUEERING CULTURAL PRODUCTION IN THE ARTS.
CRUISING GROUND, 2017: MATT CARTER
2016
ORESTE
DIRECTED BY GERARD JONES
CO-DESIGNER & SCENIC ARTIST: MATT CARTER
ROYAL OPERA HOUSE AT WILTON'S MUSIC HALL, LONDON
8 - 19 NOVEMBER 2016
SCENIC PRODUCTION TIMELAPSE VIDEO
ORESTE, 2016, PHOTOGRAPHY: CLIVE BARDA, COURTESY ROYAL OPERA HOUSE
CONSTRUCTS
KATIE HARE / CALLUM HILL / ELLIE POWER, CURATED BY MATT CARTER
ART LICKS WEEKEND 2016 MOVING IMAGE PRORAMME WITH LUX
LUX, WATERLOW PARK, LONDON: 29 SEP-2 OCT 2016, 12PM -6PM
CONSTRUCTS IS AN EXHIBITION OF WORK BY THREE ARTISTS GRADUATING IN 2016 FROM ACROSS LONDON’S UNDERGRADUATE AND POSTGRADUATE DEGREE COURSES. WORKING WITH HD VIDEO, CGI, GAMING NETWORKS, INSTALLATION, ANIMATION, FOUND FOOTAGE AND 16MM FILM, THESE ARTISTS HAVE DIVERSE PRACTICES THAT ENGAGE WITH AND UTILISE MOVING IMAGE IN ITS MANY FORMS TODAY. DESPITE THIS DIVERSITY, THE WORK OF THESE THREE ARTISTS IS CONNECTED THROUGH SOPHISTICATION, RIGOUR AND INDIVIDUALITY; INTERROGATING THE CONSTRUCTS OF THE MEDIUMS THEMSELVES AND THE LATENT POWER THEY HOLD WHILST EXAMINING THE INFORMATIVE AND FORMATIVE RELATIONSHIP THESE HAVE TO INDIVIDUAL AND COLLECTIVE CULTURAL CONSTRUCTS.
FURTHER INFORMATION AT LUX.ORG.UK
CONSTRUCTS INSTALLATION VIEW, 2016, PHOTOGRAPHY: MATT CARTER
BRINK
GRAHAM DOLPHIN / JEAN-PAUL KELLY / GIL LEUNG / PRIIT PÄRN / ERIC PAUWELS / CHRIS SAUNDERS / LUCY SKAER
CURATED BY MATT CARTER
CGP LONDON: DILSTON GROVE, 24 MARCH - 17 APRIL 2016
BRINK IS A GROUP EXHIBITION THAT EXPLORES LIMITS, EXTREMES AND THE UNEASE CAUSED AT THE POINT OF SHIFTING PERCEPTION. EXHAUSTION, PERPETUITY AND FRUSTRATION FEATURE PROMINENTLY, RESONATING WITH THE FRENETIC LANDSCAPE OF CONTEMPORARY LONDON.
MANY OF THE WORKS IN THE EXHIBITION REFERENCE OTHER ARTWORKS, ARTISTS, OR CULTURAL ARTEFACTS. THESE REFERENCES AND TRANSFORMATIONS PROVIDE HISTORICAL POINTS OF DEPARTURE WHILST SUGGESTING THE ARTIST’S ROLE IN EXPLORING CONTEMPORARY CONDITIONS.
BRINK INSTALLATION VIEW, 2016, COURTESY OF CGP LONDON, PHOTOGRAPHY: D. GRIFFITHS
2015
COLONY
LAURÈL HADLEIGH / ELLIE KYUNGRAN HEO / CHRIS SAUNDERS
ART LICKS WEEKEND 2015, ARTIST MOVING IMAGE PROGRAMME
CURATED BY MATT CARTER, IN ASSOCIATION WITH LUX
SOUTH LONDON GALLERY, 3 OCTOBER 2015
COLONY PRESENTS A SELECTION OF WORKS THAT ENGAGE WITH THE PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL HUMAN RESPONSE TO DISPLACEMENT, RELOCATION AND FORMATION OF COMMUNITY THROUGH VARIOUS DOCUMENTARY FORMS. THE PERSONAL ENCOUNTERS FROM LONDON TO AFGHANISTAN TO SOUTH KOREA EXPLORED IN THE WORKS BY LAURÈL HADLEIGH, CHRIS SAUNDERS AND ELLIE KYUNGRAN HEO RESONATE WITH BROADER NOTIONS OF IDENTITY AND SOCIO-ECONOMIC CONCERNS.
CHRIS SAUNDERS, MELANCOLONY, 2015, SD VIDEO, COURTESY OF THE ARTIST AND LUX, LONDON
JOHANN ARENS / HELEN CARMEL BENIGSON / LUCY CLOUT / RICHARD HEALY / FABIENNE HESS / PATRICK HOUGH / HARUN FAROCKI /
CURATED BY MATT CARTER
A LUX TOURING PROGRAMME OF MOVING IMAGE WORKS THAT EXPLORE HOW WE VIEW AND INTERACT WITH IMAGERY TODAY, AND HOW THESE INTERACTIONS INFORM SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RELATIONSHIPS BOTH ON AND OFF THE SCREEN.
SINCE 2014 THE PROGRAMME HAS SCREENED AT ARNOLFINI, BRISTOL; OPEN SCHOOL EAST, LONDON; SALFORD QUAYS; TALBOT RICE GALLERY, EDINBURGH; OUTPOST, NORWICH; OVNI VIDEO ART FESTIVAL, NICE
DOWNLOAD THE PROGRAMME NOTES (PDF)
SCREENING ENQUIRIES: LUX ARTISTS' MOVING IMAGE
JOHANN ARENS, MARTE E VENERE - A HANDHELD MONUMENT, 2013, 10’08, HD VIDEO, COLOUR, SOUND, COURTESY OF THE ARTIST
NOT IN THE CORNERS
RUTH BEALE / MICHELLE DEIGNAN / IAN HAMILTON FINLAY / ALEXANDER & SUSAN MARIS / ANNIKA STRÖM
CO-CURATED BY MATT CARTER AND ROSALIE DOUBAL
MARIA STENFORS, LONDON, 22 JUNE - 28 JULY 2012
NOT IN THE CORNERS IS A GROUP EXHIBITION FEATURING FILM, SCULPTURE, DRAWING, PAINTING AND PRINT. THIS EXHIBITION PRESENTS ARTWORKS THAT ADDRESS THE INSEPARABILITY OF THE PERSONAL FROM THE POLITICAL, EXPLORING THE GROUND BETWEEN THE PRIVATE ACT OF ARTISTIC CREATION AND ITS COLLECTIVE RESONANCE IN THE PUBLIC REALM. MARIA STENFORS GALLERY
2009 - 2013
SIERRA METRO / EDINBURGH, 2009 - 2013
CO-DIRECTOR WITH ROSALIE DOUBAL AND JANINE MATHESON
NOT-FOR-PROFIT GALLERY SIERRA METRO WAS RUN BY CURATORIAL COLLABORATION COMMITTED TO ARTIST-CENTRED PRACTICE WITH AN INTENTION TO SHOWCASE AND SUPPORT EMERGING VISUAL ARTISTS. WE AIMED TO ENGENDER A CLIMATE OF FLEXIBILITY AND EXPERIMENTATION FOR EVERYONE WHO EXHIBITED WITH US AND TO OFFER BROAD PUBLIC ACCESS TO CONTEMPORARY ART EXPERIENCES AND DISCUSSIONS.
CROSS-CUTTING INSTALLATION VIEW, 2009, SIERRA METRO, EDINBURGH, PHOTOGRAPHY: CHRIS PARK