Artists - Vicky Bennett

Vicky Bennett

Vicky Bennett has created a range of work with publishing over 50 audio recordings and 35 film projects, these projects use her own aesthetic reusing pre-existing footage to create audio and visual collages, for example the video ‘Gesture Piece (2013)’ is a 15-minute film which uses clips from hundreds of films which involve a character preforming a gesture, the video also includes a unique soundtrack being split up into seven chapters with each chapter being performed by a different artist.

Bennett’s other video work includes ‘The Zone’ in which the film ‘The Wizard of Oz’ and the film ‘Stalker’ are split screened together due to their similar themes with ‘The Wizard of Oz’ being about a journey to find the wizard of Oz. Whereas ‘Stalker’ is about a journey through ‘the Zone’ to find a room which grants wishes, but both films use a different tone such as ‘The Wizard of Oz’ being aimed at children and using bright colours and an upbeat nature however, ‘Stalker’ is aimed at a more mature audience using drab and muted colours to convey a darker atmosphere.  The Zone was inspired by ‘Chance Operations’ by John Cage.

Vicky Bennett’s work relates to my project due to that both use footage from other films and sources and repurposes it to create something different.