EMMA HELEN REID

Artist in Glasgow

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Work:

A Mirror and a Lens, 2019

Gallery wall - a silver tube of hand cream just fits on a small wooden shelf on the wall. Below the shelf, grey vinyl text reads "I welcome this opportunity to get to know you, stranger" followed by the names of the two artists "Sogol Mabadi and Emma Helen Reid"

I welcome this opportunity to get to know you, stranger, 2018

Gallery space with white walls, white pillar, and wooden floorboards with hazard tape. Sogol Mabadi's pink textile work 'Bandoleers' hang high up from a rail on one wall. In the foreground, Sogol Mabadi's work 'Knitting Needles' rests on the floor this is made of white glue sticks held together by knitting needles. These are then stacked together. A TV is mounted on a wall in the background. The screen is white-blue with two small objects on it. There are two stools in front of the TV. The video is called 'Quietly Breathing Together' and was made by Emma Helen Reid.

Encounter no. 1: Sogol Mabadi and Emma Helen Reid, 2018

two colourful foam earplugs resting close together on a white background

Quietly Breathing Together, 2018

Gallery space with white walls and grey floor. At the back, there is a space which leads through to another, similar space. The left hand side has a wall-mounted TV in portrait. It's screen is blue-white. On the right hand side, towards a corner, a larger TV is sitting on the floor, facing upwards. The TV shows some black forms and grey matching the floor. The cable connecting to the power is visible coiling behind the TV.

A Trace-Body, 2017

A large projection screen is positioned at the end of a white tiled basement corridor in Pollok House. Behind the screen some natural light is coming in from a window. On the screen the projection shows a section of the white tiles as they were illuminated by sunlight coming in from the window.

Breathing, Pollok House, 2017

video still black and white archive video of man reading newspaper. text in middle of screen reads: how we understand ourselves, our world. and our place within it

Predicting, 2016

Close up - a woman's hands clasped together, some white substance (setting alginate) is slightly being forced out through a gap between her thumbs. Part of her NHS nurse uniform can be seen.

Holding, NHS Forth Valley Royal Hospital, 2016

A view through a glass wall to a park. A man stands outside the glass wall, looking in. He is reading vinyl handwritten style text on the glass. From the inside, where the photo is taken from, it is more difficult to read but the text says: you're allowed to touch this bit

Eavesdropping, 2014

A stack of postcards rests on the floor and leans against a glass wall. The postcards are black and white and show an image of a hand reaching out and pointing.

Pointing, 2014

A view of the floor where we see a woman's legs and feet. On the floor a projected video shows a woman's face, which is repeated smaller and smaller.

Spotlight, 2013, part of SAY Art Commission and Exhibition

A gallery space. Two white plinths are on the floor, a couple of metres apart. A man is looking into one of them, while a woman stands beside the second, she is pointing at the man.

RSA New Contemporaries, 2013

A white walled gallery space with grey floors and two white plinths can be seen. One of the plinths is taller than usual. A woman, dressed in black, is leaning over and looking into this plinth. A cable can be seen running into the bottom of the plinth.

Degree Show, Glasgow School of Art, 2012

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