TRS Studio members and long term collaborators, Cos Ahmet and Gary

Finnegan, have come together to present a new film and sound installation,

entitled ’they say everyone has to start somewhere….’

For their show at The Royal Standard, the duo’s new work places a demand

on the moving image and questions the conventions of staging. In contrast to

the generic presentation of films projected on walls or large screens, the duo

treat the ‘video screen’ like sculpture.

In the process of making the films, Ahmet and Finnegan take the approach of

‘blind chance’ as a starting point. By not disclosing what the other will

present, brings with it a certain amount of trust and instinct, but also the

element of surprise to what the ‘not knowing’ may conjure up.

On an unconscious level, parallels and cross-over in themes and imagery

emerge between their films. The duo may work in a collaborative manner, this

doesn’t however, compromise each artist in retaining the characteristics that

their own work and individual practices hold.