Assassin

Maziere, M. 2007. Assassin. Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabruck, Germany 25 Apr - 20 May 2007

CreatorsMaziere, M.
Description

A video project which explores the seductive spectacle of crime in cinema through the depiction of the archetypal character of the assassin. Assassin creates a new text in which the binding effects of narrative have been dissolved by using a mosaic of film fragments

(clips, music, subtitles, dialogue) from French crime thrillers from the 1950s and 60s. It is grounded in research into cinematic

grammatology which aims to give rise to a rigorous rethinking of the possibilities of cinema and its role in memory and identity.

Maziere forms part of the tradition of artists and filmmakers who work with archive materials, dislocating them from their original

purpose and intention, revealing new readings, meanings and questions. Assassin creates a multilayered, intertextual fusion of

the cultural and the personal, shifting the emphasis back to the power of individual vision. To the anthropological and social

dimension of reworking archive film, Mazière has added the psychological role of the self. The idea for the work was developed

from Maziere’s essay The Big Search on the use of found footage in the journal Art In-Sight (Issue 28, summer 2005, ISSN

1460-4051).

Assassin was in the exhibition Final Cut, Medienkunst Und Kino – an international survey of the contemporary use of archival

footage by visual artists, curated by Hermann Noring and including works by Candice Breitz, Klaus Vom Bruch, Pierre Huyghe,

Mark Lewis, Paul McCarthy and Matthias Muller. Exhibited at a dozen key international venues including Images (Toronto),

Scanners (New York) as well as venues in France, Germany, Portugal and Serbia. Formed a central part of Maziere’s

retrospective screening funded by Film London at the Picture House Cinema in London in May 2007. Citations include

Catherine Elwes (2005); David Curtis (2007).

Assassin exists in two versions: a 3 channel video projection for gallery installation and a single channel version for screenings.

Year2007
Web address (URL)http://www.emaf.de/_emaf/index.php?id=250&L=0
Output media3 x video projection

Related outputs

Editorial
Michael Mazière and Lucy Reynolds 2022. Editorial. Moving Image Review & Art Journal (MIRAJ), The. 11 (2), pp. 161 - 164. https://doi.org/10.1386/miraj_00092_2

Editorial
Maziere, M. and Reynolds, L. 2022. Editorial. The Moving Image Review & Art Journal (MIRAJ). 11 (1), pp. 5-7. https://doi.org/10.1386/miraj_00080_2

Falling Away - Vertigo
Maziere, M. 2021. Falling Away - Vertigo. Ambika P3 21 Oct 2021 - 20 Nov 2022

Editorial
Lucy Reynolds and Maziere, M. 2021. Editorial. The Moving Image Review & Art Journal (MIRAJ). 10 (1-2), pp. 5-7. https://doi.org/10.1386/miraj_00060_2

Editorial
Maziere, M. and Reynolds, L. 2020. Editorial. Moving Image Review & Art Journal . 9 (1), pp. 5-7. https://doi.org/10.1386/miraj_00019_2

“Curating the Nomadic: Film and Video at Ambika P3.”
Maziere, M. 2020. “Curating the Nomadic: Film and Video at Ambika P3.” . in: Fatehrad, Azadeh (ed.) ReFocus: The Films of Sohrab Shahid-Saless: Exile, Displacement and the Stateless Moving Image Edinburgh University Press Edinburgh University Press. pp. pp. 123–130

Moving Image Review Journal
Maziere, M. and Reynolds, L. 2019. Moving Image Review Journal. The Moving Image Review & Art Journal (MIRAJ). 8 (1-2). https://doi.org/10.1386/miraj_00001_2

Chantal Akerman in London
Maziere, M. 2019. Chantal Akerman in London. Camera Obscura. 34 (1), pp. 184-195.

Curating the Nomadic – Film and Video at Ambika P3
Maziere, M. 2018. Curating the Nomadic – Film and Video at Ambika P3. Fatehrad, A. (ed.) Sohrab Shahid Saless: Exile, Displacement and the Stateless Moving Image . Goethe-Institut London, 50 Princes Gate, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2PH 19 - 19 Jan 2018 Edinburgh University Press.

CASEBOOKS Six contemporary artists and an extraordinary medical archive - Film
Maziere, M. 2017. CASEBOOKS Six contemporary artists and an extraordinary medical archive - Film. London

Au Revoir, Chantal [French]
Maziere, M. 2017. Au Revoir, Chantal [French]. Monde Du Cinema. 1 (9), pp. 103-112.

AMBIKA P3 CATALOGUES VOLUME 1/2/3/4
Maziere, M. Maziere, M. (ed.) 2017. AMBIKA P3 CATALOGUES VOLUME 1/2/3/4. London University of Westminster.

CASEBOOKS
Maziere, M. Maziere, M. (ed.) 2017. CASEBOOKS. London University of Westminster.

CASEBOOKS - Six contemporary artists and an extraordinary medical archive
Maziere, M. 2017. CASEBOOKS - Six contemporary artists and an extraordinary medical archive. Ambika P3, University of Westminster. 17 Mar - 23 Apr 2017

Testing the Curatorial in Artists’ Film and Video Installation
Maziere, M. 2017. Testing the Curatorial in Artists’ Film and Video Installation. PhD thesis University of Westminster Centre for Research and Education in Arts and Media https://doi.org/10.34737/9zx1z

Curating in the post-industrial landscape case study: Ambika P3
Maziere, M. 2017. Curating in the post-industrial landscape case study: Ambika P3. in: The Post-Industrial Landscape as Site for Creative Practice: Material Memory Cambridge Scholars Publishing. pp. Chapter 6

Akerman_Maziere Rear Window - TV Interview
Maziere, M. 2016. Akerman_Maziere Rear Window - TV Interview . Broadcast

AFTER CHANTAL: An International Conference
Maziere, M. 2016. AFTER CHANTAL: An International Conference. After Chantal: An International Conference. University of Westminster 04 - 06 Nov 2016

Cinema of the Body
Maziere, M. 2016. Cinema of the Body. National Film Theatre 02 - 02 Nov 2016

TV Interview with Michael Maziere on BSkyB and CNC TV
Maziere, M. 2015. TV Interview with Michael Maziere on BSkyB and CNC TV . Broadcast BSKYB

Contemporary Screen-Based Curatorial Practice
Maziere, M. 2015. Contemporary Screen-Based Curatorial Practice. Artists' Moving Image Practice in Britain: From 1990 to Today. Whitechapel Gallery 07 Nov 2015

Chantal Akerman NOW
Maziere, M. 2015. Chantal Akerman NOW. Ambika P3 University of Westminster Nov 2016

Au Revoir, Chantal
Maziere, M. 2015. Au Revoir, Chantal. Moving Image Review & Art Journal. 4 (1&2), pp. 287-292. https://doi.org/10.1386/miraj.4.1-2.288_1

Roundtable discussion: London Film-makers’ Co-op – the second generation
Maziere, M. and Danino, N. 2014. Roundtable discussion: London Film-makers’ Co-op – the second generation. Moving Image Review & Art Journal . 3 (2), pp. 236-247. https://doi.org/10.1386/miraj.3.2.236_7

Victor Burgin A Sense of Place
Maziere, M. and Campany, D. 2013. Victor Burgin A Sense of Place. Ambika P3 01 Nov - 01 Dec 2013

From floor to sky
Maziere, M. 2010. From floor to sky.

Actor
Maziere, M. 2010. Actor. Moscow October 28 - November 07, 2010

The dispersed subject
Maziere, M. 2007. The dispersed subject. Art in-sight. 33.

Final cut: media art and cinema
Maziere, M. 2007. Final cut: media art and cinema.

Flight
Maziere, M. 2004. Flight. Amsterdam, Netherlands 11 - 20 Jun 2004

Die einsamkeit eines systems. Vom kino in die galerie
Maziere, M. 2004. Die einsamkeit eines systems. Vom kino in die galerie. in: Broeckmann, A. and Frieling, R. (ed.) Bandbreite: Medien zwischen Kunst und Politik Berlin, Germany Kadmos. pp. 87-96

Towards a specific practice
Maziere, M. 2002. Towards a specific practice. in: Maziere, M. and Danino, N. (ed.) The Undercut reader: critical writings on artists' film and video London, UK Wallflower Press. pp. 43-45

The solitude of a system
Maziere, M. 2002. The solitude of a system. in: Maziere, M. and Danino, N. (ed.) The Undercut reader: critical writings on artists' film and video London, UK Wallflower Press. pp. 4-8

Mother desire
Maziere, M. 2002. Mother desire. in: Maziere, M. and Danino, N. (ed.) The Undercut reader: critical writings on artists' film and video London, UK Wallflower Press. pp. 102

John Smith's films: reading the visible
Maziere, M. 2002. John Smith's films: reading the visible. in: Maziere, M. and Danino, N. (ed.) The Undercut reader: critical writings on artists' film and video London, UK Wallflower Press. pp. 96-100

Delirium
Maziere, M. 2002. Delirium.

Content in context
Maziere, M. 2002. Content in context. in: Maziere, M. and Danino, N. (ed.) The Undercut reader: critical writings on artists' film and video London, UK Wallflower Press. pp. 238-241

Blackout
Maziere, M. 2002. Blackout. Tate Britain, London 17 Mar - 15 Sep 2002

The poetic necessity
Maziere, M. 2001. The poetic necessity. in: Amaducci, A. (ed.) Invideo 2001: altrove: video d'arte e ricerca Milan, Italy Charta. pp. 38-48

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