Editing Chris Cunningham (section)

=== Video art ===
His video installation ''[[Flex (film)|Flex]]'' was first shown in 2000 at the [[Royal Academy of Arts]], and subsequently at the [[Anthony d'Offay]] Gallery and other art galleries. ''Flex'' was commissioned by the [[Anthony d'Offay]] Gallery for the [[Apocalypse: Beauty & Horror in Contemporary Art]] exhibition curated by [[Norman Rosenthal]] and Max Wigram at the [[Royal Academy of Arts]] in 2000.

The Anthony d'Offay Gallery also commissioned ''[[Monkey Drummer]]'', a 2½ minute piece intended for exhibition as a companion to ''Flex'' at the 2000 ''Apocalypse'' exhibition at the [[Royal Academy of Arts]]: however, the piece was not finished in time. In it an [[automaton]] with nine appendages and the head of a monkey plays the drums to "Mt Saint Michel + Saint Michaels Mount", the 10th track on [[Aphex Twin]]'s 2001 album ''[[drukqs]]''.  ''Monkey Drummer'' debuted as part of Cunningham's installation at the 49th International Exhibition of Art at the 2001 [[Venice Biennale]], which consisted of a loop of ''Monkey Drummer'', ''Flex'', and his video for [[Björk]]'s "[[All Is Full of Love]]". In 2002 both ''Flex'' and ''[[Monkey Drummer]]'' were exhibited by 5th Gallery in Dublin, Ireland, in an exhibition curated by Artist/Curator Paul Murnaghan,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://5thgalleryarchive.com/archive/flex.htm |title=Chris Cunningham : flex |publisher=5thgalleryarchive.com |access-date=2014-08-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130116043255/http://5thgalleryarchive.com/archive/flex.htm |archive-date=16 January 2013}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.director-file.com/cunningham/monkey.html|title=Monkey Drummer is a 2.5 minute piece commissioned again by the Anthony d'Offay Gallery|date=14 December 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110623094951/http://www.director-file.com/cunningham/monkey.html|archive-date=23 June 2011}}</ref>