Collateral, Venice
Rachel Maclean
Spite Your Face
Scotland + VeniceRachel Maclean is representing Scotland at the 57th International Art Exhibition, the Venice Biennale with major new film commission Spite Your Face. Curated by Alchemy Film and Arts, in partnership with Talbot Rice Gallery and the University of Edinburgh, Maclean’s modern-day, dark Venetian fairytale is presented as a large-scale portrait projection at the altar of the deconsecrated church, Chiesa di Santa Caterina, Cannaregio. A graduate of Edinburgh College of Art, Rachel Maclean works across film, print and photography to construct fantasy narratives that play with issues of identity, social values and politics. A mix of high art and popular culture, advanced technology and traditional theatre, humour and serious enquiry, her work is exacting and engaging. Curated by Alchemy Film and Arts in partnership with Talbot Rice Gallery and the University of Edinburgh Producer Barry Crerar Returned to Scotland Early 2018