Patrick Staff : The Foundation

20 Jan-12 Apr 2015

Overview

A major new film premiering at Chisenhale Gallery and co-commissioned with Spike Island, Bristol; Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane; and Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver. The Foundationexplores queer intergenerational relationships negotiated through historical materials. The film combines footage shot at the Tom of Finland Foundation in Los Angeles – home to the archive of the erotic artist and queer icon and a community of people that care for it – with choreographed sequences shot in a specially constructed set.