Phil Dadson

Headstamps 11: Homage to the Silk Route (2011)

5 min 1 secSingle channel / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

"Performed en route along the NW China silk route, 2010, as part of a journey and 9 Dragon Heads travelling project, Nomadic Party. Filmed in Beijing, DunHuang, Hami, Turpan; Gobi & Taklamakan deserts; Urumqi and a Kazak village in the Tian Shan mountains, NW China."

Artist's statement

Selected exhibitions

  • Breath of Earth, a 3-screen installation by Philip Dadson, Arko Museum, Seoul (2010)

Credits & notes

This work received the Wallace Arts Trust Jury Award in 2011.

    Installation view of Headstamps 11: Homage to the Silk Route (2011) in Breath of Earth, Arko Art Centre, Seoul, Korea (2011)

    Other works by Phil Dadson

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    Anandagram (2007)

    Anandagram (meaning ‘blissful place or village’) is a wry take on a situation of implicit privilege.

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    Between Worlds (2011)

    An upside-down world view intersecting ecology, geometry, nature, signs and portents.

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    Breath of Wind (2009)

    Seventeen hot air balloons and a brass band.

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    Breath (1976)

    A synchronised two screen installation, contrasting a birth and a death.

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    Phil Dadson on CIRCUIT

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