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MENTIONING 2 screen video installation & audio piece 1993 In her 2nd video work Georgina Starr continued to use the paper figure 'stars' from Static Steps. The figures became her mini-cast members as they sat at tables and gesticulated wildly. At the same time Starr was spending her days in cafés and bars around London surreptitiously recording couples private conversations. On returning home the words were slowly deciphered and transcribed into notebooks. Eventually the conversations were used as subtitles over the paper figures movements. Mentioning is the collective name for a series of 5 short video conversations. The 2nd element of the Mentioning installation is a single screen video with the words of one conversation being typed out in karaoke style. As the words appear we hear Starr sing a song: transforming the conversation into lyrics. A limited edition box set was also produced for Mentioning. The set includes the booklet of conversations transcribed as short plays, the musical score sheet and the audio tape of Starr singing the Mentioning song. Exhibition history for Mentioning: Georgina Starr, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, 1993 Aperto, The Venice Biennale, 1993
"MENTIONING" Sung by Starr

MENTIONING

2 screen video installation & audio piece

1993

In her 2nd video work Georgina Starr continued to use the paper figure 'stars' from Static Steps. The figures became her mini-cast members as they sat at tables and gesticulated wildly. At the same time Starr was spending her days in cafés and bars around London surreptitiously recording couples private conversations. On returning home the words were slowly deciphered and transcribed into notebooks. Eventually the conversations were used as subtitles over the paper figures movements. Mentioning is the collective name for a series of 5 short video conversations.

The 2nd element of the Mentioning installation is a single screen video with the words of one conversation being typed out in karaoke style. As the words appear we hear Starr sing a song: transforming the conversation into lyrics.

A limited edition box set was also produced for Mentioning. The set includes the booklet of conversations transcribed as short plays, the musical score sheet and the audio tape of Starr singing the Mentioning song.

Exhibition history for Mentioning:

Georgina Starr, Anthony Reynolds Gallery, London, 1993

Aperto, The Venice Biennale, 1993

"MENTIONING"

Sung by Starr