Smoking Gun British Premiere
What if the smoking gun isn't waiting to be found somewhere out in the desert or in classified military files, but lurks way down in the DNA of each and every one of us? In a series of interconnected adventures and revelations, Hill dices with biomedical conundrums and international politics, drawing on recent genetic discoveries which link us all to a common ancestry, giving cause to reflect on notions of "us" and "them"; racism and "purity"; victims and perpetrators; of migration and survival. The piece is essentially about humanness - who we are and where we come from.
Leslie Hill is a London-based artist working in performance, video and digital arts, known for edgy, humorous interrogations of contemporary culture and politics. Her company, Curious, was formed in 1996 with co-director Helen Paris and has worked and toured worldwide. She recently received a Franklin Furnace Commission, New York. Hill's work has been published widely, including Guerilla Performance and Multimedia (Continuum: 2001).
Leslie Hill is an Associate Artist of Artsadmin, London. Her research and development has been supported by a One to One Bursary from London Arts and the Live Art Development Agency
Production funded by the Arts Council of England.