Bonnie Camplin's installation for a Needle Walks into a Haystake, The DSV (2014), was a magnification technology for the enhanced observation of small objects. It incorporated an ultra-specific protocol. A serious commitment to this protocol is necessary for a successful application of the technology.
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The system employed synaesthetic and subtle energetic principles in the organisation of audio-visual energy patterns that were designed to direct the sensorial mind towards a particular state — one that is particularly receptive to the information patterns in objects small enough to fit in the palm of the hand, such as a nail-file, a lipstick or a cigarette lighter.
The DSV incorporated an ultra-specific protocol. A serious commitment to this protocol was necessary for the successful application of the technology.
Bonnie Camplin has been included in Assembly, A survey of Recent Artists Film and Video in Britian 2008-2013, 2013, Tate Britain, London; Sound works, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 2012; Madame Realism, Marres Centre for Contemporary Art, Maastricht, 2011; When the Wind Blows Up You, Chisenhale Gallery, London, 2009. She is a lecturer at Goldsmiths University of London, and a mentor on the LUX Associate Artist Programme.
The DSV Technology, 2014
Animation, sound, light, object
Commissioned by Liverpool Biennial
Les Mis’, 2014
Pen, ink collage and crayon on paper
Heavy Mountain I, 2012
Gouache on paper
Is Immanent Colloquilum, 2012
Gouache on paper
Earring and Kerchief, 2012
Watercolour on paper
When Shall We Three Meet Again?, 2011
Watercolour and gouache on paper
Purple Tears, 2011
Gouache on paper
JZ Knight’s Outrageous, concepts, 2010
Collage, watercolour, gouache on paper
Oui je t’aime Lex Triangles, 2010
Gouache and watercolour on paper
Trojan 2, 2010
Watercolour and Gouache on paper
Vertical Smiles, 2010
Gouache, watercolour and collage on paper
Money, 2010
Found Ethnographic figure in plinth with drawings
Fear is the Mind Killer, 2008
Charcoal on paper
Lady Shilba, 2008
HB Pencil on paper
Sparkle, 2005
Pencil on paper
Exhibited at The Old Blind School
Artist Talk: Bonnie Camplin
For Liverpool Biennial 2014, Bonnie Camplin created a new immersive work: The DSV. According to the artist, the DSV is a magnification technology for the enhanced observation of small objects. It incorporates an ultra-specific protocol. A serious commitment to this protocol is necessary for a successful application of the technology.
Bonnie Camplin (b.1970, London, where she lives) has been included in Assembly, A survey of Recent Artists Film and Video in Britian 2008-2013, 2013, Tate Britain, London; Sound works, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, 2012; Madame Realism, Marres Centre for Contemporary Art, Maastricht, 2011; When the Wind Blows Up You, Chisenhale Gallery, London, 2009. She is a lecturer at Goldsmiths University of London, and a mentor on the LUX Associate Artist Programme.
This talk was part of an afternoon of artist talks hosted by Mai Abu ElDahab and Anthony Huberman, co-curators of the 8th Liverpool Biennial Exhibition A Needle Walks into a Haystack, and took place at the Liverpool Medical Institution.