Selectively Revealed
ARTISTS: Peter Alwast (QLD), Catherine Bell (VIC), Julia Burns (NSW), Penelope Cain (NSW), Christopher Fulham (ACT), Isobel Knowles & Van Sowerwine (VIC), Anastasia Klose (VIC), Jess MacNeil (NSW), Angelica Mesiti (NSW), Ms&Mr (NSW), Anne Scott Wilson (VIC) and Michael Zavros (QLD).
CURATOR: Sarah Bond (Asialink) and Clare Needham (Experimenta)
PARTNER: Experimenta
An Asialink and Experimenta Media Arts touring exhibition curated by Sarah Bond and Clare Needham, featuring Peter Alwast, Catherine Bell, Julia Burns, Penelope Cain, Christopher Fulham, Isobel Knowles & Van Sowerwine, Anastasia Klose, Jess MacNeil, Angelica Mesiti, Ms&Mr, Anne Scott Wilson and Michael Zavros.
Selectively Revealed investigates the blurry line between the public and the private in artistic practice. The artist is presented as voyeur, muse, subject, performer and social commentator. Using a variety of screen based practices, each artist pushes and pulls at the notion of what is private and what is public, choosing precisely what, when, how or when not to reveal their subjects or themselves. Ultimately, everything is presented for scrutiny; an innermost feeling, a personal moment, a fear or failure, an everyday encounter, an experience of rapture, a banal endeavour. Much is revealed, celebrated and critiqued.
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Peter Alwast, Relics, 2007, single-channel digital quicktime video, audio, 2:24 minutes Courtesy the artist and Gallery 9, Sydney |
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Catherine Bell, Live and Let Die, 2011, single-channel SD dual image digital video, audio, 1:23 minutes. Courtesy the artist and Sutton Gallery, Melbourne |
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Julia Burns, The Gaze, 2007/2011, interactive digital video installation, audio dimensions variable. Software: Ardrian Hardjono. Courtesy the artist |
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Penelope Cain, Camouflage, 2005, single-channel SD digital video, audio, 4:20 minutes. Commissioned by Experimenta. Courtesy the artist |
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Christopher Fulham, Runners, 2009, single-channel HD digital video (16:9), audio 6:50 minutes. Courtesy the artist |
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Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine, You Were in my Dream, 2010, interactive installation with stop-motion animation, audio. 1700 x 700 x 2100mm. Commissioned by Experimenta. Courtesy the artists |
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Anastasia Klose, Film for my Nana, 2006, single-channel SD digital video, audio, 5:32 minutes. Commissioned by the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA) for NEW07. Courtesy the artist and Tolarno Galleries, Melbourne |
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Jess MacNeil, The Swimmers, 2009, single-channel HD digital video (Blu-ray), audio 4:00 minutes (infinite loop). Commissioned by Kaldor Public Art Projects for MOVE: Video Art in Schools. Courtesy the artist and Gallery Barry Keldoulis, Sydney |
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Angelica Mesiti, Rapture (silent anthem), 2009, single-channel HD digital video, 10:10 minutes. Cinematography: Bonnie Elliot. Courtesy the artist |
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Ms&Mr, Videodromes for the Alone: The Lovecats, 1991/2007, archived VHS rotroscoped with HDV and animation, single channel, audio, 3:02. Courtesy the artist and Fehily Contemporary, Melbourne |
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Anne Scott Wilson, Conversation, 2008, single-channel SD digital video, 3:28 minutes. Courtesy the artist and Arc One Gallery, Melbourne |
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Michael Zavros, We Dance in the Studio, (to that shit on the radio), 2010, single-channel HD digital video, audio, 3:43 minutes Courtesy the artist and GRANTPIRRIE Gallery, Sydney |
Exhibition dates and venues:
Korea: 26 October – 11 December 2011 - Aram Art Gallery, Seoul
Taichung, Taiwan: 18 February – 13 May 2012 - National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taichung
Thailand: 4 June – 21 July 2012 – Chulalongkorn University Art Space, Bangkok
