Campbell Patterson

Chip Mountain (2009)

11 min 58 secSingle channel / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

Patterson, sitting alone in the booth of a fast food restaurant, chews up handfuls of french fries, spits out the chewed potato, and forms the material into a tower.

    Other works by Campbell Patterson

    A man wrapped in a towel after his shower starts to climb out the window.
    Campbell Patterson

    Clean Loop (2007)

    Patterson, fresh from the shower, a towel still around his waist, attempts a spontaneous action, through the windows of his bathroom.

    Clean Loop
    A person stands shaving their face in the mirror while topless, they're wearing tight leather pants.
    Campbell Patterson

    Soapstealer (2004)

    Patterson pumps hand soap from the dispenser in a public bathroom into an ice-cream container.

    Soapstealer
    An arm reaches down to the ground, there is a blurry rock in the foreground and cars in the background.
    Campbell Patterson

    Stones (2009)

    Stones are enveloped by the artist's body.

    Stones
    A fire burns inside a toilet bowl.
    Campbell Patterson

    seven fires (2008)

    The artist fills a public toilet with toilet paper, sets it alight, lets it burn, flushes it away, cleans the bowl, and leaves.

    seven fires
    Campbell Patterson on CIRCUIT

    Related essay

    Campbell fills his mouth with Burger King chips

    George Watson on Campbell Patterson's Chip Mountain

    Essay
    By George Watson · February 22, 2015

    In CIRCUIT's 2015 Summer Reading Series we asked six writers to respond to a work they'd recently encountered that left an indelible impression on them. Here, George Watson writes on Campbell Paterson's 2009 work Chip Mountain.

    Summer Reading Series #6: Campbell Patterson's Chip Mountain (2009)

    CIRCUIT is the
    leading voice
    for artist moving image
    practice
    in Aotearoa New Zealand,
    distributing works,
    critical review and
    dialogues
    which reflect our unique, contemporary
    South Pacific context.