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Work Type:video
Date of work:1998
Materials:medium: video

Measurements:duration: 17 min

Style Period:contemporary art
Subject:self-portrait, performance, man, personal history, fiction
Technique:video
Description:
Kenny Macleod's repetitive formula is annoying at first and then strangely compelling. At the beginning of every section, he introduces himself - Hello, my name is Robbie Fraser - but each time the story is different, revealing another layer of information, sometimes contradicting what we already know about him. It is seductive and sweet, using story-telling in a way that provides no stability. The narrative is real, or at least plausible, and its accumulation makes a kaleidoscope of truths, fictions and lies.
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Source:From a series of conversations held at different times between Keith Tyson, Sacha Craddock and Simon Morrissey and between Susan Hiller, Sacha Craddock and Des Lawrence. “New Contemporaries 99”, exhibition catalogue, Manchester, 1999.
Date of source:1999