Art and Heritage Online Database

Collection: Gray's School of Art Collection
Object Type: Photographic and Electronic Media
Artist/Maker: Gildea, Iain
Date: 2007
Media/Materials: mixed media
Dimensions: overall: 116 cm x 32 cm x 32 cm
Awards: RGU Photography and Electronic Media Purchase Award

Description:

Electronic media comprising of a plinth with a revolving LCD screen displaying moving images. RGU purchase prize item featured in the foreground.

Artist's statement:
"'Running Man' was the culmination of my interest in obsolete technology being repurposed and my research into the pioneers of the moving image. My work at this time made references to loops and repeating patterns, something that can be clearly seen in the endless journey of the running man."
Object Number: ABDRG2007.28