ITN Source contributes to Aernout Mik‘s Raw Footage installation at The Hayward

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ITN Source contributes to Aernout Mik‘s Raw Footage installation at The Hayward

By Brent Phelps February 18, 2009

Courtesy carlier | gebauer, Berlin ITN Source, a division of ITN and a leading provider of stock footage from the UK, has announced that it has supplied approximately two hours of footage to artist Aernout Mik‘s Raw Footage installation, which opens at The Hayward, London on February 18th and runs until May 4th. The video piece features discarded news footage that depicts the disturbing normality of day to day fighting and living in a war zone. Shot by ITN cameramen during the war in former Yugoslavia, Mik’s installation shows people going about their lives when gunfire and shelling seizes. Raw Footage includes a collage of animals during wartime, kids imitating the gunfire and exhausted soldiers taking a nap on the street. “It was really interesting for me to work with ITN Source making Raw Footage, because I got access to hours and hours of raw material from the war in former Yugoslavia. And with raw I mean really raw; completely unedited, not pre-selected or whatsoever, all the original footage that was inside the camera. This raw material enabled me to go in a completely new direction with my works,” stated Aernout Mik.

Mik has also obtained footage from ITN Source’s vast archives for his Courtesy carlier | gebauer, Berlin Convergencies and Berlusconi installations which will be shown in the UK at a future date. Convergencies features footage of immigration rooms and emergency services and Berlusconi examines the relationship between legislative power and juries. Matt Keene, Business Development Manager for Arts & Heritage at ITN Source, added: “ITN Source is delighted to offer Aernout access to the one million hours of footage in our archives for his artworks. As we archive film rushes as well as news bulletin output, Aernout had access to plenty of rare or unseen footage. He has brought together some of those unique clips to create a strong visual experience of the other side of life for civilians in wartime, one we are not used to seeing in TV news reports.”