Endell street
Video and publication, 2015. In the heart of central London, Andrea Gohl explores everyday places: a hostel for the homeless, a community garden, a swimming pool, a 19th-century pub, and, of course, the Swiss Church. While the church is a space in transition, re-defining its place and purpose, the people encountered are all in their own states of in-between.Through observation, research, and conversations, a portrait of a place emerged, all around the local context of a church.
Endell Street, two-channel video installation (HD 35min., looped, with sound).
Installation set up at the Swiss Church in London 2015
Installation view: Endell Street, Swiss Church, London 2015
Installation view, Werkschau 2016, Museum Haus Konstruktiv, Zurich, Switzerland (Foto: Hannes Heinzer)
Two channel video installation (HD 35min., looped, with sound). 8 photographs, inkjet prints, framed.
Endell Street, artist's publication, self-published, 2015 (Book concept/graphic design: Esther Rieser)
Endell Street publication, 2015:
This present collection brings together excerpts of conversations that came about through encounters with people along Endell Street and people who I sought out because they had knowledge about the street. Each person offered a distinctive view on place, the street, or a building; each person brought their own personality, language, biography, and individual concerns to this project.
My interest lies in these at times seemingly unrelated themes, vocabularies, and images, all produced in my quest to understand a street and the local context of the church. Memory, personal history, institutions, and politics all play a part in this.
Endell Street video, 2015
Two-channel video installation (HD 35min. looped, with sound). Featuring:
• Andy at the Swiss Church
• Harry at Dudley Court, strolling through Covent Garden, and at the Cross Keys Pub
• Staff and residents at St. Mungo’s; Stacey in her pink room
• John in the Green Gym garden
• Renate and Maria at Dudley Court
• Green Gym volunteers Mark, Linda, and Linda
This video installation brings together moments and fragments of encounters between the artist and the individuals who show the artist around the neighbourhood. Using footage that ranges from fixed frames to hand-held camera, the artist is exploring different ways of documentation. Encounters are never filmed as a conclusive event. Narratives aren’t linear. They unfold through time and place—and the suggestiveness of what is said or shown. The presence of the camera is always acknowledged. People perform for it, while the artist interacts with her subjects, looses control at times, ultimately following fine threads and hints.
The street was named Endell Street, around the same time the Swiss Church was built in 1853. Taking the Swiss Church, built in 1853, as a geographic departure point, the dual themes and histories serve as material and inspiration for the artist’s installation and publication. The video and texts weave together the stories of the locals and their changing neighbourhood.