The Decisive Moment

 
 
The Decisive Moment (study II for Show Ring), Jo Longhurst, 2006 video for small monitor, 4.26, no audio The Decisive Moment focusses on the interrelationship of human and animal bodies in the show ring. Exhibited in The Refusal, Museum Folkwang, Essen, 2008; Jo Longhurst, RCA, London, 2008; Too Dark in the Park, Cafe Gallery Projects, London, 2006
 
 
 

video for monitor, 4 minutes 26 seconds, no audio
shot 2006, produced 2006


The Decisive Moment
and Post Graduate Bitch [not shown] are studies for a four-screen moving image installation Show Ring, which will re-stage a dog show from the judge's perspective. The studies focus on the interrelationship of human and animal bodies in the Post Graduate Bitch class of a Whippet Club show, as they wait for their turn in the spotlight.

Exhibited in The Refusal, Museum Folkwang, Essen, 2008; Jo Longhurst I The Refusal, RCA, London, 2008; Too Dark in the Park, Cafe Gallery Projects, London, 2006