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Radio Shaman

Radio Shaman

Artist (London, England, born 1968)
Date2006
MediumNew Media, supplied on two blu-ray discs, one quicktime file and one hard drive in a presentation box.
ClassificationsTime-Based Media
Dimensionspresentation box measures 32.5 x 23.7 x 5.3cm
AcquisitionPurchased in 2012 with assistance from the National Fund for Acquisitions. Produced in association with Liverpool Biennial and Kunstcenter, Stavanger.
Copyright© the artist
LocationView by Appointment - Aberdeen Treasure Hub
Object numberABDAG017662
About MeMarcus Coates is well known for his shamanistic problem solving videos. Coates, bedecked in deer hide and rabbit skins, uses shamanic rituals to descend to the animal-spirit world where he communes with animals and birds whilst seeking insights into problems in the human living world.

'Radio Shaman' features Coates being interviewed on Stavanger Radio (Norway), where he has been 'working' on their sex worker "problem". We see Coates wearing skins as he struts around emitting guttural sounds communicating with the lower animal world. Watching him perform one is torn between stifled laughter and a child-like sense of wonder. It is perhaps precisely the tension provided by this ambiguity that makes his work so interesting.


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