Artist Talk – Ed Atkins

Ed Atkins, Happy Birthday!!, 2014. Still from digital video. © the artist, image courtesy the artist and Cabinet, London

Ed Atkins
, Ribbons, 2014
, Three channel 4:3 in 16:9 HD video with three 4.1 channel surround soundtracks. © the artist, image courtesy the artist and Cabinet, London

Ed Atkins
, Ribbons, 2014
, Three channel 4:3 in 16:9 HD video with three 4.1 channel surround soundtracks. © the artist, image courtesy the artist and Cabinet, London

Ed Atkins, Death Mask II: The Scent, 2010 , still from HD video, duration 8 minutes 19 seconds. © the artist, image courtesy the artist and Cabinet, London

Ed Atkins, Even Pricks, 201, 16:10 HD video with 5.1 surround sound. Duration 8 minutes (looped). © the artist, image courtesy the artist and Cabinet, London

Ed Atkins, Even Pricks, 201, 16:10 HD video with 5.1 surround sound. Duration 8 minutes (looped). © the artist, image courtesy the artist and Cabinet, London

Ed Atkins, The Trick Brain (still), 2013, Single channel HD projection with 5.1 Surround Sound, 16 minutes 15 seconds, Edition of 6 + 2AP © the artist, image courtesy the artist and Cabinet, London

Ed Atkins, The Trick Brain (still), 2013, Single channel HD projection with 5.1 Surround Sound, 16 minutes 15 seconds, Edition of 6 + 2AP © the artist, image courtesy the artist and Cabinet, London

Ed Atkins, The Trick Brain (still), 2013, Single channel HD projection with 5.1 Surround Sound, 16 minutes 15 seconds, Edition of 6 + 2AP © the artist, image courtesy the artist and Cabinet, London

A fantastic opportunity to hear about the work of Ed Atkins in the artist’s own words.

It’s a particular privilege to have Atkins speak at the Contemporary Art Society at such a pivotal time in his artistic career with his solo exhibition Recent Ouija currently on show at The Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam.

Atkins works primarily with writing, sound and video. Rooted in literature, cinema and music, his work preys on these categories, their genres and their legibilities: his works are often abortive, interruptive and abject. Atkins’s work seeks to explore the corporeal and material world through so-called immaterial, digital technologies.

In 2013 the Contemporary Art Society’s Acquisition Scheme purchased Atkins’ film The Trick Brain for The Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh.