Modern Angels [film screening]

Wallace, R. (2017) Modern Angels [film screening]. Exhibit at: Transition: Identity. The Underground, Northampton, 2017-05-25.

Item Type:	Show/Exhibition
Abstract:	Modern Angels documented the ‘body art’ sub-cultural practices in Belgium at the turn of the millennium. The work features several participants in a ‘ritualistic’ performance, having scarification performed ‘live’ in front of an invited audience. The work challenged concepts around ethical documentary boundaries and the marginal space between acceptable documentation of ‘hidden’ sub-cultural practice to a wider academic and public audience. Modern Angels helps provide a window into a dated hidden practice which is now commonly accepted and the three main elements of the work; tattooing, body art and body manipulation have become widespread cultural practices. The documentation of these practices during a specific historical period offers potentially a unique insight into the content and form of the work as a 'single filmmaker' documentary approach.
Uncontrolled Keywords:	/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1200
Creators:	Wallace, Roy
Faculties, Divisions and Institutes:	Faculties > Faculty of Arts, Science & Technology > Journalism, Media & Performance
Date:	25 May 2017
Date Type:	Publication
Journal or Publication Title:	Transition: Identity
Event Title:	Transition: Identity
Event Dates:	2017-05-25
Event Location:	The Underground, Northampton
Language:	English
Status:	Published / Disseminated
Refereed:	No
URI:	http://nectar.northampton.ac.uk/id/eprint/11619

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