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Kevin
and Jennifer McCoy have been artistic collaborators since 1990. They have manifested a remarkable lineage of
works that include video and film, as well as networks and performance
installations. In addition, they work with sculptures that are shaped of
disconnected miniatures and put into kinetic tableaus, which feature
lightning
effects
and the moving of video and sculptural elements. All together this creates a
type of cinematic narrative, which simultaneously moves along within the context
of a story and preserves that moment in time.
Their
work can bee seen as an intersection of narratives, networks and databases,
which are formed by a very strong expertise with film, TV and popular culture.
These works of non- linear narratives are embodied as a collection that presents
a regular piece that is remodeled into a portable sculptural viewing
station.
The
works appear to have a very close relation to the artists in which they connect
their own dreams and experiences into the scenes and give them an existing
appearance. Besides the rich personal content of the work, the viewer also
recognizes a strong political influence in the displayed
images.
Kevin
and Jennifer live and work in Brooklyn, NY.
Their recent exhibitions took place in London,
Spain, Germany and Geneva.
The
following is a fictional comic showing Jennifer and Kevin McCoy on their “third”
date coherent to their former first and second dates displayed in their works.
This scene is “remodeled” from a real where the Cadre Students took the McCoys
to lay Mini Golf.
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- Arriving
at SJ Airport. Then driving to the Mini Golf facility.
K: Coming to SJ got a much more…, very different kind of
reality than in Brooklyn.
J: Yeah, the East coast has it’s own version
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- Kevin
and Jennifer arrive at the Mini Golf. Eagerly they borrow the
clubs and
go
to the first hole.
K: Sculpturally you have one kind of experience in front of
you, very much
one kind of reality and through the mechanism there is a whole other world
constructed.
J: We always create our own muse!
J: yeah, think about your life as a movie. The adventures
you have, travels etc..
K: Travels!! –trying to get the ball in the hole. I really
should be focused.
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Overwhelmed
by all the little castles, bridges and streams, lights and colorful
objects Kevin stretches out on the grass carpet in the middle of the hole,
looks
up and says:
K: What a mix of reality and fantasy! A double fantasy V!
J: It just feels like different levels of time within the
same experience.
(Jennifer shaking her head about the sudden stretch out
(thinking): there I am with the
guy with the sage.)
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- Kevin
gets back up and they proceed to the next hole where a
huge castle
and a
surrounding world covers up the path of the
hole.
K: This is more a monument of fantasy or a moment of reality
as a child.
J: And you can follow it up to the peak and then we end up in this reality together.
K: Come on baby, cue it up!
(Jennifer
steps on the tee-box mat and makes a few bigger practice swings.)
J: Build it up and release it! See, extend the emotion. It has its own kind of sensibility.
(Kevin
watches her, quite impressed. He claps his hand and rises them up in the air.)
K: Pure energy!
(thinking): So there is Jenn as the Mini Golf Instructor and
me the “prospective”
scientist.
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- As
Jennifer hits the ball too hard it flies over the fence into a dog’s
yard.
The dog is upset and comes running after Jennifer. Jennifer
starts
running.
J: Ahhh- you know, the chase never ends! It only has
variations!
K: So, would you call this an “Your adventure starts here”?
(shaking his head)
- At
the next hole there is a big swinging bar above the hole, making
it
difficult to take the time to concentrate. Kevin is checking it out first.
K: What is that? Cool.
J: You need to respond to a piece called the “dread knot” in
real time. A sculptural moving
base.
K: So, then this is the kind of reality that you are seeing
as a viewer. You walk in and see
this upright vertical panel. It is just
floating in the middle of the pedestal but the space
makes a
lot of sense, a
very tedious fracture to the layout.
J: It gives a really energetic feel, don’t you think?
K: I am so into it, that is pretty cool!
J: Yeah, I like this piece- it is functional.
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(After
trying several times to get the ball in the hole.)
K: This makes no sense.
And by the way, why are you saying that?
J: Because we are interested in the “special” effects that
can happen in real space.
- Getting
to the second last hole. Kevin does not seem to be too
happy with his
result. Jennifer already counts the strokes on the
scorecard. Kevin takes a
rest.
J: It is interesting to see where your work is at and how to
respond.
K: I know, but there is still this mechanical core at the
heart of the game. That really
affects me.
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- Jennifer
goes over and gives him a hug. She teases.
J: A hallway for little frustrations?? Come on Kevin, this is a world of itself. It is not
created
by us, how do you want to win this game?
K:
In the constant world- as collaborators! You and me.
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