Noreturn

Michael Stevenson is pleased to present Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster's film as part of the FOREX series

Noreturn was shot amidst Gonzalez-Foerster's installation TH 2058, a commission for London’s Turbine Hall at Tate Modern in 2008.

Like many of the artist's works, this installation references the science-fiction stories of such writers as JG Ballard and Philip K Dick, imagining a city of the near future in which the incessant rain has caused the public sculptures to grow to monumental proportions. These giant artworks are sheltered in the Turbine Hall along with hundreds of bunk-beds for the human refugees from the rain.

In Noreturn, a group of children in school uniform enters the set of this exhibition. First excited, playing and fooling around, the children start calming down, running for shelter beneath a giant Henry Moore sculpture. They start whispering 'Noreturn', 'Noreturn?' The atmosphere changes gradually. Glowing images coming from an oversized screen in the background accompanied by noisy sounds create a disturbing setting.

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