Too Orangey for Crows
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Enjoy presents Too Orangey for Crows, an exhibition of new work by British artist James R Ford.
Enjoy presents Too Orangey for Crows, an exhibition of new work by British artist James R Ford.
Having recently relocated to Wellington, Ford's first engagement with New Zealand audiences rests between two locales. Obsession; humour; failure; play; repetition; boredom: Ford delves into the activities and influences of his 80s childhood as a way of both embarking, and staying-put. "Kia-Ora," as the historically-rooted but culturally de-contextualised British softdrink proclaims, beckoning both a greeting and parting note at once.
Too Orangey for Crows includes works from a range of media, of various duration and origin. It also utilises the Internet and other time-based platforms as a means of dissemination.
In Mollie Boogie, 2009, Ford sings a karaoke lullaby to his unborn child for 39 consecutive nights in the run up to the baby's due date; while Little Endeavours, 2009, presents an un-documented project undertaken by Ford before his imminent departure from London.
As part of the show, A Tweet a Day, 2009-2021, will continue an 11 year word-for-word reading of a childhood book through Twitter: Twitter name is @JamesRFord.
James has an MFA from Goldsmiths College and has exhibited widely in the U.K., including his recent project Only Boring People Get Bored, 2009, at FERREIRA PROJECTS in London.