About this artwork

This work is the second video in Price’s series New, Ruined Institute. Each episode in the series takes place in a different room within a fictional institution created by the artist. User Group Disco is set in the Hall of Sculptures, although only a series of mundane objects and utensils are visible, swirling in a black void. There is no evident architecture or human presence. Text flashes up on the screen which builds a narrative about these objects, the institution which holds them and the desire for consumerism. The work is accompanied by an immersive soundtrack developed especially for the video.

Updated before 2020

  • artist:
    Elizabeth Price (born 1966) English
  • title:
    User Group Disco
  • date created:
    2009
  • materials:
    Colour video installation, with sound, 15 min.
  • object type:
  • credit line:
    Gifted through the Contemporary Art Society's Acquisitions Scheme, 2011
  • accession number:
    GMA 5177
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  • subject:
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Elizabeth Price

Elizabeth Price