Fiona Banner | Forbes
Fiona Banner aka The Vanity Press, Pranayama Organ, 2021. High definition digital film 10:38 mins. Soft Parts: Wing, Flap, Fin, 2022 Bespoke beanbags. Dimensions variable. Installation view, Patronato Salesiano XIII, Venice, 2022. Photo: Enrico Fiorese
By Joanne Shurvell
“One of the only exhibitions where you’re actually among the locals, a basketball court within a converted church and a community playground, is the site of British artist Fiona Banner’s mesmerising film.Two full-scale inflatable military decoy aircrafts, a Typhoon and a Falcon slowly inflate on the beach, coming to life like two long-slumbering creatures. The setting of the film then shifts to a grassy precipice, where two figures, including the artist, are dressed as fighter planes and dance around each other. The church organ soundtrack is equally captivating.”