About this artwork

‘Calvin & Metro’ was filmed between two stations on the Prague metro. Only the artist’s legs and arm are visible, set at a sharp and seemingly impossible angle on the moving train. Laing is interested in ways of capturing and preserving the immediacy of live performance when it is transferred to another medium, in this case to video.

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  • artist:
    Calvin Laing (born 1988) Scottish
  • title:
    Calvin & Metro
  • date created:
    2010
  • materials:
    Colour video, with sound, 1 min., 59 sec.
  • object type:
  • credit line:
    Purchased 2012
  • accession number:
    GMA 5196
  • gallery:
  • subject:
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Calvin Laing

Calvin Laing