An English couple holiday in Venice to sort out their relationship. There is some friction and distance between them, and we also sense they are being watched. A woman is taken to an island where she gives birth to three sons. A little girl walks along train tracks with an unknown man in 1960. Eight years after a child disappears without a trace, detectives find disturbing clues that indicate that the girl is still alive. Amateur singers, dancers, comedians, magicians, ventriloquists and novelty acts perform for a live audience and a panel of three judges.

 

 

Casey Smallwood’s work has been included in exhibitions at the Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago; College Art Association’s ARTspace Media Lounge, New York; Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro; El Centro de Desarrollo de las Artes Visuales, The Institute of Superior Arts (ISA) and The National Salon of Contemporary Cuban Art, Havana, Cuba. She was a resident at the Banff Centre’s thematic residency Our Literal Speed in 2013 and is a current resident in Chicago Artists Coalition’s HATCH Projects.  Casey Smallwood received an MFA from the University of Chicago in Visual Arts and a BFA from Missouri State University in Photography.

 

 

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Full video from Consent, HD video, 10 minutes

 

 

This event occurred during Kristen Van Deventer’s exhibition, En suite. All visible paintings are part of that exhibition.