16MM FILM RECORDED ON THE MELMOUNT ROAD, STRABANE, CO. TYRONE, NORTHERN IRELAND, 11TH JULY 2001 WITH FAST FORWARD AND SLOW MOTION SPEED CHANGES AUTHORED TO VHS BY THE ROYAL ULSTER CONSTABULARY FOR THE PURPOSES OF PROSECUTION
Footage originally shot on 16mm film as part of Chapter and Verse (Alex Monteith, 90min, 2005) an experimental documentary about rural-border experiences of the transitional period of Na Trioblóidí-the troubles. Whilst filming, on the 11th July 2001, a 16mm film canister was confiscated from Alex Monteith in Strabane by the then Royal Ulster Constabulary (now Police Service of Northern Ireland) – this artwork is the video re-authored by the RUC from the 16mm footage.
Director Biography
Alex Monteith (b. 1977, Belfast) is a new media artist, academic and competitive surfer whose work incorporates sound, performance, photography, film, video, kinetic and network components. Her practice explores political issues surrounding land ownership, history and occupation, as well as the limits of consumer technology. Her projects have traversed political movements, contemporary sports, culture and social activities, often taking place in large-‐scale or extreme geographies and involving collaboration with technical or cultural specialists – ranging from Air Force Pilots, sheepdog trialists and racing motorcyclists to internationally recognised surfers. Career highlights include exhibitions at Dunedin Public Art Gallery (2019) and Artspace Aotearoa (2021), a major survey at Govett-Brewster Art Gallery (2010), and a solo exhibition at MMK Frankfurt (2012).
Director Filmography
Kā Paroro o Haumumu: Coastal Flows/Coastal Incursions in Light of Time [5-channel installation] (2022), Deepwater Currents (2020), Split [2-channel installation] (2012), Ngā wai e kato haere ana ki Te Moana-nui-ā-Kiwa [Single Channel Video] (2019), Te rerenga pōuri o nga parawhenua ki Te Moana-nui-a-Kiwa [Three Channel Video] (2020), Shadow V: 13 Shots into the night [Single Channel Video] (2017), Rena Shipping Container Disaster [5-channel installation] (2016), Cascade Cove in the shadow of 150,000 bones, [Single Channel Video] (2016), Chapter and Verse, [Single Channel Video] (2005), Chapter and Verse Chapter and Verse; 16mm film recorded on the Melmount Road, Strabane, Co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland, 11th July 2001 with fast forward and slow motion speed changes authored to VHS by the Royal Ulster Constabulary for the purposes of prosecution, [Single Channel Video] (2012), Pause the Rising Tide (1999), Te Au o Te Moana – Voice of the Ocean, Enabling Kaitiakitanga, [Single Channel Video] (2023)
