Phil Dadson

HEAVY METAL (2015)

17 min 34 sec2 channel installation / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

"Steel factory workers blur the line between work and play. A two channel, video installation produced by Phil Dadson in collaboration with factory employees of Schmidstche Schack (Arvos group)—a heavy steel manufacturing plant in Kassel, Germany—to make a percussion ensemble in the factory.

Produced for WERK/KUNST/WERK, an exhibition in Kassel facilitated by the regional Metal and Electrics Industry—July 2015. Supported by Schmidstche Schack (Arvos group), CNZ Arts Council of New Zealand, with thanks to the participating workers."

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