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Does anybody remember ‘It’s A Knockout’ on the good old BBC in the 70’s? What a treat that was for the whole family. It’s A Knockout was compulsive viewing in our house. The whole family would get real comfy around telly and delight at the stupid games, water fights and of course those hilarious Giant characters  nodding about with stupid expressions on their faces.

The interest and great laughter came from the cleverly inventive Knockout games such as: Elastic Bungee runs, Greasy Poles, Water Fights, Water Slides, Slippery Turntables, Giants in Costumes and more. All of course  with some good old BBC Gunge thrown in. Loved it!

Of course we had the local regional heats first, traipsing across merry old UK in the winter weather in some forsaken farmer’s field maybe!  It’s a knockout would then go on to the European version for summer viewing  (a much better idea), which I think as called “Jeux Sans Frontières”, which if my French serves me well means something like “Games Without Borders”… all in the interests of better Euro-relations. But we still wanted to stuff the rest didn’t we !!

A friend told me that It’s A Knockout actually started in the late 1960s in black & white but became a top show in the early 70’s. The main compere I remember was Stuart ‘Mad as a Hatter’ Hall, running around like a demented pixie and laughing hysterically at the contestants antics. He would ‘interview’ contestants before and after a silly game; confirm the ‘Joker’ had been played; try to hold the show together with commentary and of course check the scores with the dolly bird scorer, whom usually wore very tight hot-pants, the must have 70s fashion item for any self respecting dumb-blond.

Of course there are now companies that have revived the It’s A Knockout concept for team-building, private parties and family fun-days, I guess to cater for our nostalgia.

There was a ‘Marathon’ game that I think was ongoing between each other individual Knockout game. I can’t remember quite how this one worked but I think it was the BIG game that was spun out over the show to build a bit of tension to the scoring. The Joker of course could be played for a very confident team to double their points but was often squandered!

And who was the Knock-out’s ‘Dip-Stick’? He used to carry a very long stick to measure water collected from some precarious collection game? Was it Arthur someone or Eddie Waring ?? Or was he the Knockout referee with the whistle? He couldn’t talk that’s for sure!!

Whatever. I remember it fondly and in the pre-digital, reality TV age with only 3 channels to choose from then it was good family viewing… I don’t suppose It’s A Knock-out would last the test of time now? (unless it was called “I’m a celebrity, get me on the new knockout show cos I haven’t been picked for anything else show”).

Julian Rosefeldt’s Global Soap project is a vast collection of soap opera images archiving housewives’ favourites from all over the globe. Highlighting the TV template of formulaic plotlines and fluency in the universal language of schmaltz, Rosefeldt’s Soap photos present multiple panels of characters playing out identikit roles. Cropped to the format of actor’s publicity shots, the groupings of Rosefeldt’s subjects read like multi-national casting calls for archetypal villains and victims.

BIOGRAPHY

1965

Born in Munich, Germany

Lives and works in Berlin

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2005

Galería Leyyendecker, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain

Asylum, part of the theatre festival Spielart, Haus der Kunst, Munich

The Soundmaker, Arndt & Partner, Zürich

Trilogy of Failure, ZKMax, München

2004

Trilogy of Failure, Kunst-Werke, Berlin

Asylum, Festival d’Avignon, Avignon, France

Baltic, The Centre for Contemporary

Art, Gateshead/Newcastle

Spike Island, Bristol

Max Wigram Gallery, London

2003

Asylum, Chulalongkorn Art Gallery, Bangkok

Atlantis Space, London

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2003

Rituale, Akademie der Künste, Berlin

Melodrama, Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo, Spain

2002

Beckmann – un peintre dans l’histoire,

Centre National Georges Pompidou, Paris, France

Centro-Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria, Spain

Centro José Guerriero, Granata

Architourism, Columbia University/Buell Center, New York

2001

Tele[vision] – Kunst sieht fern, Kunsthalle Vienna

De Schoonheid van het Kwaad, De Zonnehof, Amersfoort, Netherlands

2000

Multiple Sensations, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco

Die Entfernung der Fotografie, Kunsthalle Basel, Basel

1999

Wohin kein Auge reicht, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg

Henry Art Gallery, Seattle

1998

Deep Storage – Arsenale der Erinnerung, Kunstmuseum, Düsseldorf

P.S.1, New York

Henry Art Gallery, Seattle

Performing Buildings, Tate Gallery of Modern Art, London

1997

Deep Storage – Arsenale der Erinnerung, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany

Nationalgalerie/ Kulturforum Berlin

Article Theme :-

Rosefeldt’s project issues of racial and national difference give way to the fashion of globalised sameness. The perception of ‘other’ is removed from ethnic preconception with each figure identified through their familiar dramatic parts rather than their outward appearance.

Read Entire Article about Artist Julian Rosefeldt paintings and artwork at The Saatchi-Gallery http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/artists/julian_rosefeldt.htm

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