Gleaming chainsaws on a spot-lit mirrored plinth sounds like the kind of sculpture Patrick
Bateman might go in for. With this in-your-face centrepiece, artist Amanda Beech sets
the scene for a thrill-ride through movie violence. Her belligerently titled video
installation, Sanity Assassin, hits you with throbbing noise and hard edges, while her
shots of night-time LA are far from peaceful, arranged in music video-style montages
and accompanied by rapid-fire captions attacking the culture machine. It’s an isolationist
position, mirrored in the high-security pads of Hollywood’s elite that are lingered over in
Beech’s footage.
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