User Group Disco
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
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artist:Elizabeth Price (born 1966) English
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title:User Group Disco
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date created:2009
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materials:Colour video installation, with sound, 15 min.
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credit line:Gifted through the Contemporary Art Society's Acquisitions Scheme, 2011
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accession number:GMA 5177
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Elizabeth Price
Elizabeth Price
Elizabeth Price studied at the Ruskin School of Art at Oxford University, 1985-88 and the Royal College of Art in London, graduating in 1991. In 1999 she received her PhD in Fine Art from Leeds University. Working mainly with digital video, Price creates immersive pieces which envelop the viewer....