Kardashian's Reality Show Spoofed by Shakespearean Actors in New Video

Artist Sarah Maple has collaborated with Shakespearean actors to film 'Keeping Up With The Kapulets', which sees actors in full period costume recreate an episode of 'Keeping up with the Kardashians', word for word, in the context of a classic Shakespearean theatre production.

Kim Kardashian and 'The Daily Mail' headlines have become immortalised as artworks in a public Gogglebox experience by artist Sarah Maple in her latest solo exhibition, held this June at London's Cob Gallery.

Sarah Maple will wire up the gallery space to capture the reactions to her work, which includes her new film, 'Keeping Up With The Kapulets', creating a 'Googlebox' inspired installation.

Watch the trailer below:

The new film work, 'Keeping Up With The Kapulets', sees actors in full period costume recreate an episode of 'Keeping up with the Kardashians', word for word, in the context of a classic Shakespearean theatre production.

Additional works in the exhibition include a copy of 'Doll House', the Kardashians' novel, signed by the three Kardashian sisters and presented in a glass box, and stills of Kim Kardashian. Sarah Maple will also teach viewers how to contour their make up like Kim Kardashian
through a Youtube tutorial.

Also included are sculptural pieces that are text based works carved in marble taken from Daily Mail headlines of celebrities' lives. Works include 'Kelly Brook Looks Down Cast', 'Cara Delevingne Wears Positive T Shirt' and 'Eminem's Daughter Updates Twitter Profile
Pic'.

This current series of works by Maple explore the impact Reality TV and its stars have on popular culture, and the RELENTLESS turnover and quality of content. There is a current culture of 'The Self ' that has emerged in the past decade, a by-product of the change in programming,
technology and immediate access to the daily, even to the minute, lives of celebrities. The boundaries and distance have become blurred. In copying the celebrity Instagram style of self-documentation, can the public achieve the same status?

Sarah Maple was born in 1985. She completed a BA in Fine Art from Kingston University
in 2007 and in the same year won the '4 New Sensations' award for emerging artists, run by
The Saatchi Gallery. Sarah's artwork, film and performances have been exhibited internationally
at galleries and institutions including A.I.R Gallery (NY), AGO (Canada), the Southbank
Centre (London), The New Art Exchange (Nottingham), Golden Thread Gallery (Belfast)
and Kunisthoone (Estonia). Her exhibition at Kunstihoone broke the museum's record
for visitor numbers in a single day, first weekend and overall duration.

Sarah's work has been the subject of documentaries including ARTE and VPRO. She has
also been invited to speak at an Amnesty International event, as well as events at Birmingham
and Warwick universities, and the LSE. Sarah has worked collaboratively on film projects
with Nick Knight and the Southbank Centre and her work has also been included in
publications by the Whitechapel Gallery, Phaidon and Gestalten.

In 2015 she released her first book 'You Could Have Done This', a hardback art book of
selected works with contributions from Beverley Knowles (curator and writer), Margaret
Harrison (artist), Oreet Ashery (artist) and Anne Swartz (professor Art History). Maple now
lives and works in Sussex.

The Cob Gallery was established in 2011 by gallerist Victoria Williams and acclaimed playwright
Polly Stenham. Curator Cassie Beadle joined the gallery in 2013. The Cob Gallery is
a young, female led space that champions young emerging multidisciplinary artists and creatives.
Cob Gallery is also a director of art and events at Black's Club, Dean Street with the
iconic members club being a second space for the gallery. Original works and prints will be
available from Cob Gallery

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