11 September - 08 October 2008
69 South Audley Street, London W1
Sadie Coles HQ is delighted to present the first solo show in London of British artist Hilary Lloyd since 1999. This exhibition premieres a new piece made in real time using digital video. Charged, composed and economic, the work captures the intense concentration of both the protagonists and the artist. Shot in London over a period of months in the same place and with the same group of people, the film has been edited using the camera itself, on site with no post-production. Made in three parts that are synchronised and screened simultaneously, the film is part of Lloyd’s ongoing investigation into the rigours of controlled video making. The resulting film is claustrophobic, totally in the present moment, moody and rhythmic. Accompanied by a murmuring soundtrack, as always Lloyd chooses to exhibit her work in a way that reveals all of the related technical paraphernalia, rendering it sculptural and essential.