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Location: Chicago

Angharad Davies

: Iceberg Still from Iceberg 2014, video, 7 minutes Iceberg is a story of erosion in the desire to leave, in coming to terms with and in staying. The work stems from a daily encounter with the security guard sat behind a Frank Gehry desk in the lobby of the Inland Steel Building, Chicago. The video's dispersed, yet singular, voiced narrative moves between resignation, reporting and remembering. Language erodes itself. At points supported, and at others contradicted, by the printed imagery the camera sees. The video questions the utility of rehearsal. Rehearsal; in the inertia of guarding, as a place of pausing, and as a process of learning through repetition.

: Near Dwellers Still from Near Dwellers 2013, video installation, 9 minute loop Near Dwellers deals with loss, memorial and negotiation in artificially constructed natural environments.

: Flood: trailer for an installation Still from Flood: Trailer for an installation 2013, video, 3 minutes Flood: trailer for an installation is a story of control, isolation and compromise. A fighting fish (characterized by its necessity to live in small, isolated habitats) narrates his story from a vase inside an installation made from pegboard, institutional wall paint and handmade wallpaper.

: A Portrait of Earth Still from A Portrait of Earth 2012, video installation, 6 minutes Filmed at Swap-o-rama flea market in Chicago, A Portrait of Earth, takes its title from David Attenborough's 1984 wildlife documentary series. Photographs, installed in the market stall rented for a day, are accompanied by an audio tour that explores association, adaptation, invention and trace located in sites of commodity and lack.