ArtPublishedContact
Ms&Mr: Videodromes For The AloneProjects
Cosmic Microwave Background 2019Out Of Print 1994 / 2017 - ongoingThrown By Ghost 1990 / 2017Jeté (Study) 1963 / 1965 / 2016Jeté 1963 / 1965 / 2014XEROX MISSIVE 1977 / 2011808.838 / grandfather paradox 1967-1977 / 2010Archibalds / Donahers 1992 / 2009
 
slide 1
 
slide 2
 
slide 3
 
slide 4
 
 
slide 5
 
slide 6
 
slide 7
 
 
slide 8
 
 
XEROX MISSIVE
1977 / 2011
Request Password For: Video Preview of Channel 1

 

Request Password For: Video Preview of Channel 2

 

Request Password For: Video Preview of Channel 3

 

 
XEROX MISSIVE 1977/2011 is an encounter between the late science fiction author Philip K Dick and his living fifth ex-wife Tessa B. Dick. The work uses fragments of sound and footage appropriated from a speech Dick made in France, 1977 and a subsequent interview with Tessa in near her home in California.

 
On various occasions and most vividly while he and Tessa were associated, Dick claimed to have witnessed paranormal phenomena – moments when his life and the imaginary worlds of his novels coincided. XEROX MISSIVE 1977/2011 is a series of multiple intersecting realities. Through the characters’ implausible and uncanny exchange, the artists collapse moments across time and space, framing the screen-world of the artwork as an abstracted reality that is pervaded by considerations of death, paranoia, longing and confusion.



Performed by:

Philip K. Dick (1928 - 1982)

Tessa B. Dick (1954 - )

 

Work Details:
3-channel video installation: Archived video recordings (1977) transferred to HD video, original 3K video (2011), animation, sound, synced videos

4 min (loop)

 

Sound Mastering: Tim Bruniges

Project supported by:
More  Art Gallery NSW Contemporary Project
More  This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body.
More  Samuel Hodge (installation photos)