Nina Beier, Brando, Morgan and Calgary
Glasgow International Digital Programme
Viewable across the GI website every Friday from 18 June – 30 July, midnight – midnight BST
Brando, Morgan and Calgary (2021) is the documentation of a performance by Nina Beier that took place in Glasgow in June 2021. This performance happened with no audience invited and much of it taking place behind closed doors.
The work pops up on GI’s website unexpectedly, in many ways similar to the original performance which was only witnessed by passers-by. As with much of Beier’s practice, the piece speaks to the ways objects and beings can move through different value systems, whether cultural, political or economic. For example, how human hair, a specific breed of dog or brand of car can take on meanings and uses in different contexts, becoming status symbols or acquiring particular cultural values. Using differing scales, from the miniature to the giant, Beier has created a humorous and unsettling performance that involves an interaction between large Newfoundland dogs and toy Land Rovers.
