Magnesium Bird (2004)

Sutapa Biswas

super 16mm film

Sheffield Museums Trust (Graves Gallery and Millennium Gallery)

Classification:

Moving Image

Materials:

16mm film, Digital video, 16mm film

Physical Object Description:

Format: Single screen work. Shot at 24 frames per second, mastered onto digibeta, transferred onto DVD. Archival copy of master, provided. Colour, with sound.

Dimensions:

9:27 minutes

Credit:

Purchased through the Contemporary Art Society’s Acquisitions Scheme for Graves Art Gallery: Museums Sheffield, 2008-2009

Scheme:

Fine Art Acquisition Scheme (2008-)

Ownership history:

Commissioned from the artist and Film and Video Umbrella by Iniva, 2004; purchased by the Contemporary Art Society, with assistance from the J. G. Graves Charitable Trust, 1 September 2010; presented to Graves Gallery, Museums Sheffield, 2010

Relationship:

iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) Film and Video Umbrella, London Sheffield Museums Trust (Graves Gallery and Millennium Gallery)

Subject:

Love, Loss, Trepidation

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