BONNIE CAMPLIN
THE MILITARY INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX
Bonnie camplin is a british artist who is known for her solo and collaborative work who has worked worldwide creating installations and art for the world.
The military industrial complex is a digital and traditional installation that is most noted for being shortlisted for the turner prize in 2015. The installation features 5 tv screens centred in the middle of the room in a pentagon, each stationed so the viewer can sit and listen, surrounding the room is a plethora of books featuring sciences, alternate realities and conspiracy theories and a photocopier. The idea of this piece was look at where actual realities stem from and to explore the idea of so called conspiracies and how people take them for nonsense, trying to look and listen at peoples stories and prompting people to ask, what is the deciding factor that makes us question someones sanity. This installation is such an intricately woven piece of work and genius. We (the viewer) listen to the interviews and go tell people about the realities we have explored and discovered that day, giving the reality a stronger foundation and its own reality, or we take the books and photocopy sections of a reality to keep, we are throwing ourself into someones written reality and taking it home for anyone to be a part of.
I think the aesthetic of the room is equally important for the eery feeling it radiates. The old screens and thumbed books flashback to a time where people talked of crop circles and "conspiracies" that were featured on television and a big talking point, instead of just trivia on social media that noone pays attention to.
This piece absolutely frazzled my brain for the most part, I loved it and its layers but trying to focus on its purpose or pinpoint small details about the piece left me feeling fried, but now after revisiting it and researching it repeatedly. The meaning has stuck with me and left me in awe of it and the artist
The military industrial complex is a digital and traditional installation that is most noted for being shortlisted for the turner prize in 2015. The installation features 5 tv screens centred in the middle of the room in a pentagon, each stationed so the viewer can sit and listen, surrounding the room is a plethora of books featuring sciences, alternate realities and conspiracy theories and a photocopier. The idea of this piece was look at where actual realities stem from and to explore the idea of so called conspiracies and how people take them for nonsense, trying to look and listen at peoples stories and prompting people to ask, what is the deciding factor that makes us question someones sanity. This installation is such an intricately woven piece of work and genius. We (the viewer) listen to the interviews and go tell people about the realities we have explored and discovered that day, giving the reality a stronger foundation and its own reality, or we take the books and photocopy sections of a reality to keep, we are throwing ourself into someones written reality and taking it home for anyone to be a part of.
I think the aesthetic of the room is equally important for the eery feeling it radiates. The old screens and thumbed books flashback to a time where people talked of crop circles and "conspiracies" that were featured on television and a big talking point, instead of just trivia on social media that noone pays attention to.
This piece absolutely frazzled my brain for the most part, I loved it and its layers but trying to focus on its purpose or pinpoint small details about the piece left me feeling fried, but now after revisiting it and researching it repeatedly. The meaning has stuck with me and left me in awe of it and the artist