The Wilson twins—Jane and Louise—have been working together for more than 30 years. It all started with their BA degree shows, in which they presented identical bodies of work—crude photographs that saw one sister trying to murder the other (drowning, choking, hanging). Since then the pair has experimented with video and sculpture, often examining institutional spaces like the Houses of Parliament, the Apollo Pavilion, and oil rigs. In 2012 they created a film called The Toxic Camera. It tells the story of Vladimir Shevchenko’s 16 mm Konvas Avtomat, the camera he used to record the terror of the Chernobyl clean up. For the film’s 10th anniversary, the twins have created a series of collages and sculpture to go with it. The show spans two galleries. —Elena Clavarino
The Arts Intel Report
Jane and Louise Wilson: The Toxic Camera
Jane and Louise Wilson, Imperial Measure 16 (Atomgrad, Ukraine), 2014.
When
May 5 – June 5, 2022
Where
Maureen Paley Rochelle School, Friars Mount House 7 Playground Gardens, London E2 7FA, United Kingdom
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Photo courtesy of Maureen Paley Studio M