GREY CORRIDOR

Linder Sterling (1954, United Kingdom) uses record sleeves contemporary to her teenage years as the foundation of a new series of photomontages. 

The ‘stereo’ status proclaimed on many of the sleeves reflects the allure of the transition at that time from mono recordings to high fidelity technology incorporating a 180 degree stereo field within the home. On the sleeves, the artist chose to work with images of footballers and sports cars, thinking about the aspirational, idealistic aspects of masculinity, as well as acknowledging the speed of the cars synching with the speed of the athletes, what has now developed to relation between speed and power, with diverse references to culture, to arts, and to a lifestyle of a certain ideal.