OCP is a 2013 video artwork by Mitch Stratten. The performance taking place inside an elaborate three tonne moving set allowed a puppeteer to synchronise the space with the unpredictable movement of the three characters contained from one button. Engineering, construction and testing took place in a North London warehouse over three months preceding the film shoot completed in two days. The score was composed by Mitch Stratten (also known as Nodern) [1] and mastered by Denis Blackham in the Isle of Skye. The ambitious project had a modest budget of GBP 24,000 based on its IMDb entry.[2]
OCP was first released on the Sedition distribution platform curated online.[3] The reception to OCP was positive and polarised with critical reviews from “an imaginative feat” to “brave beyond definition” and “genius”.[4][5][6] OCP has been shown by art institutions globally including Museo Nacional de Colombia, Wexner Center for the Arts Ohio and EYE film-museum Amsterdam. [7][8][9] The work integrates ideas on language and folklore. OCP is the abbreviation for orifice conditioning plate, a piece of equipment used in the mining industry that turns the asymmetrical flow of liquid in pipes symmetrical to monitor performance.[10]
References edit
- ^ "Nodern". musicbrainz.
- ^ "OCP". IMDb. 11 October 2013.
- ^ "OCP by Mitch Stratten". www.seditionart.com.
- ^ Davies-Crook, Susanna (27 November 2013). "Behind the scenes of Mitch Stratten's OCP". Dazed.
- ^ Etchison, Amanda. "Films Capture Mastery of Movement in Ohio State Department". BWW Review.
- ^ NTS Radio. "The Synth Hero Show W/ MITCH STRATTEN". nts.live. Retrieved 5 November 2018.
- ^ John Ángel Rodríguez, Curator, Museum of Contemporary Art Bogota, Colombia. "Transparency, Fluidity and Mediation". Faculty of Arts ASAB.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Performative Film at the EYE. "EYE filmmuseum". eyefilm.nl.
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- ^ "Sedition Art Interview with Mitch Stratten". s[edition]. Retrieved 19 November 2020.