Jelka Plate
Mono
Jelka Plate was invited by Deveron Arts in 2006 to look at the issue of 'Youth Boredom'. When Jelka first came to Huntly, she was intrigued by the phenomenon of young people driving around in defined rhythms in a continual, almost performative manner. She assumed a link between youth boredom and the monotony of driving around in repeated circles. During her three-months stay she took a deeper look at the cruising culture in the town, to discover what fascinates the drivers, what are their motivations and passions.
For MONO the focus was on collaboration with people and their relationship to cars. Those people would include car-lovers, people who make a living through cars or through policing them and people who hate cars and all the noise, speed and fear that comes with them, with whom she undertook interviews resulting in an artist's book. Jelka had the idea of doing something with, rather than for the car-lovers. The organisation of a drive-in cinema on their site allowed her to generate the dialogue about their love of cars and driving.