Bennett Miller, Northam Dogs (2011)
Artist: Bennett Miller
Work: Northam Dogs (2011)
Partner: Avon Valley Arts Society
Location: Northam & Bakers Hill, Western Australia
Perth-based artist, Bennett Miller, recently spent several months in the towns of Northam and Bakers Hill engaging with the local greyhound racing community. Delving into the world of the animals, breeders, owners and trainers, Miller developed a series of video works that transform the movements, codes, and protocols of greyhound racing into a formal video installation that links colour and motion to the surrounding environments of landscape and racetrack.
Through his moving image portraits, Miller builds a distance between global gambling culture and the locality of the regional greyhound fraternities, focusing our attention on the beauty and discipline of the animals and the involvement of the close-knit Northam and Bakers Hill greyhound communities.
