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Ready-Mades with Interest
by Rebecca Jane Arthur
2017, 25′
Presented at VISIO. Moving Images After Post-Internet (2019)
Courtesy of the artist
After the artist found a 1967 concert ticket in Vienna, a letter from her father initiates a grander investigation into the socio-political backdrop of the music played that night. In conversation with her father, they explore a number of eras in Austria, spanning from the Strauss family’s waltz era to the rise of fascism and the blemish it left on contemporary politics. The concert ticket and his letter become ‘ready-mades with interest’ which spark a contemplation on how past and present day intertwine, and upon the tension between the beauty of the waltz and the realities of the contemporary times. The film, shown along with a slide of the ticket and two artists’ books, becomes a touching portrait of her father as he shares his knowledge and memories with her.
Rebecca Jane Arthur is a visual artist working predominantly with the moving image and writing. In 2017 she obtained her MFA in Media Arts at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts, Ghent in Belgium, and her BFA from Project Studio at Sint-Lukas Brussels and the Video and Video Installation Department at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in 2015. Her works revolve around portraits of people and places, and her interest lies in how personal stories depict a socio-political context. She recently exhibited her work at Beursschouwburg, Brussels; Size Matters, Vienna; Tallinn Photomonth: Contemporary Art Biennial; ARGOS Centre for Art and Media, Brussels; Convent, Ghent; Courtisane Festival: Notes on Cinema, Ghent, among others. Texts on her work have been published in Metropolis M and KORTFILM.be. Arthur’s own writing on moving image has recently been published by Sabzian.