Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard met and began working collaboratively in 1993. They graduated together from Goldsmiths in 1995 and a day later were exhibiting in one of the late Joshua Compston's now legendary Shoreditch art events. Their interdisciplinary approach to art, music, mediation and the live experience has led to a continued engagement with the soundtrack underpinning contemporary life. Just as popular music and culture play out ideas of romance and obsession, history and memory, performance and the mediated image in a universally accessible yet highly personal way, their strategies have keyed into these dynamics and mechanics to make accessible, challenging and popular art. Through several video works the home-made compilation/mix tape acts as a motif and device to open up a unique space in this discourse.

Forsyth and Pollard have pioneered the current art movement exploring re-enactment as an artistic genre. Since their first live art project The World Won't Listen in 1996, to their critically acclaimed A Rock 'N' Roll Suicide, their seminal art event re-enacting David Bowie's final performance as Ziggy Stardust, they have had the timing and insight to key into contemporary society's increasing engagement with simulation as a part of cultural expression. Their recent film File under Sacred Music, a remake of an infamous bootleg video of The Cramps performing at Napa Mental Institute in 1978, marked a significant and ground-breaking development in their practice. The film is currently on tour in Europe - for more details visit www.fileundersacredmusic.com

Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard present new work in a solo show at Kate MacGarry Gallery, London E2 this Autumn. Please visit www.iainandjane.com for more information.

Look out for an interview with Iain and Jane in the April/May issue of Plan B magazine.