60 Minutes Silence
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60 Minutes Silence is a conceptual video artwork by British artist Gillian Wearing that presents a group of uniformed police officers posed as if for a still photograph but filmed over an extended duration to reveal subtle movements and psychological tension.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
conceptual artwork
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video artwork ⓘ |
| artisticStrategy |
blurring still photography and moving image
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critiquing institutional authority through portraiture ⓘ using duration to reveal psychological states ⓘ |
| artMovement | Young British Artists NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| cameraPosition | fixed frontal view ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| creator | Gillian Wearing NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| depicts | uniformed police officers ⓘ |
| duration | 60 minutes ⓘ |
| exhibitionContext |
art gallery
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museum of contemporary art NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| feature |
facial micro-expressions
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group of seated and standing officers ⓘ subtle bodily movements ⓘ |
| format | single-channel video ⓘ |
| genre |
conceptual art
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video art ⓘ |
| hasLanguage | none ⓘ |
| intendedEffect |
discomfort in prolonged observation
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heightened viewer awareness of time ⓘ |
| lighting | even studio-style lighting ⓘ |
| medium | video ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary art ⓘ |
| narrativeForm | non-narrative ⓘ |
| portrays | British police officers ⓘ |
| productionType | staged ⓘ |
| relatedWorkByCreator |
Drunk
NERFINISHED
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Signs that say what you want them to say and not Signs that say what someone else wants you to say NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| soundtrack | ambient room sound ⓘ |
| subjectPosition | frontal group portrait ⓘ |
| technique |
extended-duration filming
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posed group portrait ⓘ |
| theme |
authority
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institutional power ⓘ performance and pose ⓘ psychological tension ⓘ public order ⓘ representation of the police ⓘ surveillance ⓘ time and duration ⓘ |
| visualStyle |
resembles a still photograph
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static camera ⓘ |
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