Matthew Cowan

The Barber's Pole (2012)

9 min 29 secSingle channel / Digital Video / Colour / Sound

A May Pole/Barber’s Pole lawn mowing performance video, involving the character ‘Damon the Mower’ from the poem of the same name by Andrew Marvell. Damon the Mower is played by Kip Jones.

Shot on location in Quebec, during a residency at Est-Nord-Est, résidence d’artistes, July 2012.

    Other works by Matthew Cowan

    A grown adult bounces in a bouncy castle.
    Matthew Cowan

    A Morris Dancer Should Never Appear to Touch the Ground II (2010)

    A solo dancer attempts to perform the Cotswold jig 'Lumps of Plum Pudding' in the style of the village of Bledington, on an inflatable bouncy castle.

    A Morris Dancer Should Never Appear to Touch the Ground II
    A person stands in a sandy park cracking a large whip.
    Matthew Cowan

    Pokaci (2012)

    A documentation of the ritual performance of whipcracking, in the local Slovenian Tradition of the Pokači of Tržec.

    Pokaci
    A group of people dressed as goats stand in front of a barn, there are two goats on leads standing with them.
    Matthew Cowan

    Nuuttipukki (2014)

    A work made in southwest Finland with a group of men from a local choir.

    Nuuttipukki
    A man wearing a suit kneels down while drawing on the pavement.
    Matthew Cowan

    The Terminalia of Funny-land (2014)

    A performative walk along the waterside of Auckland city.

    The Terminalia of Funny-land
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