Agility Drill

BACKGROUND In her high definition video work 'Agility Drill' Kosloff pays homage to the slapstick routines of Buster Keaton and the stop-frame photographic sequences produced by Eadweard Muybridge in the late 19th century. The work builds on these traditions, using gestural performance to explore the body as subject and object in art. CONTRIBUTION Agility Drill consists of a performative action whereby the artist leads an amateur actor over and across a series of sporting hurdles. The video has an out of synch quality, appearing to be abstracted from real time and routine practice, so as to focus more intently on embodied experiences. Echoing the early stop-frame photographic sequences, Kosloff fractures movement, making the viewer more conscious of the human form in relation to space, and the way our minds and bodies are required to work in unison, to analyse human interconnectedness and fallibility. SIGNIFICANCE The Chartwell Collection, the largest private art collection in New Zealand that is held on long term loan by the Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, purchased Agility Drill in 2011. In 2012, Auckland Art Gallery curator Natasha Conland chose Agility Drill for inclusion in an exhibition of Chartwell Collection works that explore ideas of 'action' and the ways in which artists create situations of meaning and response through their work. This curated exhibition was well patronised and Agility Drill featured in the 144 page catalogue that featured essays by leading art writers Natasha Conland, David Cross and Daniel Malone.### 背景 在高清视频作品《敏捷训练》（Agility Drill）中，艺术家科斯洛夫（Kosloff）向巴斯特·基顿（Buster Keaton）的闹剧表演范式，以及19世纪末埃德沃德·迈布里奇（Eadweard Muybridge）创作的定格摄影序列（stop-frame photographic sequences）致敬。该作品承袭上述创作传统，通过姿态表演探索艺术中兼具主体与客体双重属性的身体。 ### 贡献 《敏捷训练》核心为一段表演性行动：艺术家带领一名业余演员依次跨越多组体育跨栏。该视频具备声画错位的特质，视觉内容仿佛脱离真实时间与日常练习流程，从而更聚焦于具身体验的表达。呼应早期定格摄影序列的创作手法，科斯洛夫对动作进行拆解，使观者更清晰地感知人体与空间的关联，以及身心协同运作的机制，以此探析人类的互联性与易误性。 ### 意义 查特维尔收藏（Chartwell Collection）是新西兰规模最大的私人艺术收藏，由奥克兰美术馆Toi o Tamaki（Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki）长期出借，该收藏机构于2011年购入《敏捷训练》。2012年，奥克兰美术馆策展人娜塔莎·康兰（Natasha Conland）将《敏捷训练》纳入一场查特维尔收藏主题展览，该展览围绕“行动”理念，以及艺术家如何通过创作构建意义与反馈情境展开。此次主题策展展览观展反响热烈，《敏捷训练》被收录于144页的展览画册中，该画册收录了知名艺术评论家娜塔莎·康兰、大卫·克罗斯（David Cross）与丹尼尔·马龙（Daniel Malone）的专题论文。