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Looping manoeuvre with Alex Monteith, 2007-2010, documentation of multiple works

2009

Red-Flag looping manoeuvre with two bullet-cameras and Yamaha R6 for two-channel video installaion

Dual-channel video installation with stereo sound, 8 meters x 3 meters, 17mins (new work). Front and rear simultaneous views of 12 laps pf Taupo Motorsport park until a bike-crash produced the Red Flag calling all riders off the track. Action is leaving pits, track laps, return to pits following the red flag, where a number of riders break the no-passing on a red flag ruling. Alex Monteith is the rider.

2008

Looping manoeuvre with two bullet-cameras and Ducati 996s for two-channel video installation

Dual-channel looping cycle, 8 metres x 3 metres, 9 minutes, stereo sound. Recorded at Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupo, New Zealand at MotoTT track day Feb 2008. The on-board bullet cams are mounted front and rear facing on a Ducati 996s and recordings are made at up to 260kph. Alex Monteith is the rider.

2007

Looping manoeuvre with two bullet-cameras and Ducati 996s for two-channel video installation

8 meters x 3 meters, 6 mins, stereo sound

Recorded at Taupo Motorsport Park, Taupo, New Zealand at Kiwibiker track day October 2007. The on-board bullet cams are mounted front and rear facing on a Ducati 996s and recordings are made at up to 260kph. Alex Monteith is the rider.

g.nz/exhibitions/2008/youarehere.asp?artwork=441">Part of You Are Here group exhibition curated by Ariane Cra ig-Smith, Feb 2007.

Documentation; installation & work in production (pix 1-10)

1. Alex Monteith with Yamaha R6 & twin-bullet camera rig, warm-up lap, Taupo Motorsport Park, MotoTT track day 14 Nov 2009

2. Alex Monteith with Yamaha R6 & twin-bullet camera rig, warm-up lap, Taupo Motorsport Park, MotoTT track day 14 Nov 2009

3. Alex Monteith with Yamaha R6 & twin twin-bullet camera rig, shooting the Looping Maneouvvre 2009 artwork, session 3, Taupo Motorsport Park, MotoTT track day 14 Nov 2009

4 Close-up Alex Monteith with Yamaha R6 & twin twin-bullet camera rig, shooting the Looping Maneouvvre 2009 artwork, session 3, Taupo Motorsport Park, MotoTT track day 14 Nov 2009

5. Looping manoeuvre 2007 with two bullet-cameras and Ducati 996s for two-channel video installation Taupo Motorsport Park, MotoTT track day, Oct 2007; dual-channel installation documentation, You are here exhibition (Feb-March 2008), Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand

6. Compilation of installation documentation, Looping manoeuvre with two bullet-cameras and Ducati 996s for two-channel video installation,

You are here exhibition (Feb-March 2008), Artspace, Auckland, New Zealand

7. Compilation of on-track documentation of the recordings for 2009 Looping Maneouvre, Taupo Motorsport Park

8. Compilation of on-track documentation of the recordings for 2007 Looping Maneouvre, Taupo Motorsport Park

9. Alex Motneith, Ducati 996s, with twin bullet-camera rig, pit-lane, Taupo Motorsport Park, Oct 2007, during the recording of Looping Maneovure 2007

10. Ducati 996s, bullet camera rig, safety gear and riding-pack for on-board video cameras for the Looping Maneouvre series, Taupo Motorsport pits, 2007

Writings on this work:

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• You are here, show review, Jim and Mary Barr (14kb)
• You are here, show review, NZ Herald, (33okb)
• You are here, show review, John Hurrell (3ookb)
• You are here, Map poster (536kb)