In his films, photographs, live broadcasts, and kinetic sculptures, Darren Almond explores changing conceptions of time and space as experienced by people in today’s technological age. Delving into both personal and historical memory, Almond often inverts and collapses the normal divisions between space and time, making us question our ability to demarcate them into measurable entities. SITE Santa Fe is presenting four video works by Almond, including his train films and his poignant multi-screen installation If I Had You (2003) that was shown at K21 Düsseldorf in 2005, and later that year was selected for Tate Britain’s Turner Prize. Attempting to capture the memories of his grandmother, Nan, on film, Almond uses both video and sound to conjure the incessant and inevitable passage of time. SITE is also premiering Almond’s new film, In the Between (2006), which was recently shot on the newly built railway that runs between China and Tibet.
SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico
February 10 - May 13 2007
