By Jessie Scott This article is adapted from a paper given at Contemporary Art and the Mediasphere on 4 December 2015, a symposium convened by Ian Haig at RMIT. The tumblr autotelia.tumblr.com was made to accompany the paper in lieu of a powerpoint, and many of the works referenced are linked to there. http://n6jlv.tumblr.com/post/81300581447/if-this-isnt-art-then-what-is-it-if-this I was asked … Continue reading
By Jessie Scott It’s Thursday morning and I’m driving up Moreland rd singing loudly in an attempt to calm down (or block out?) the baby crying in the back seat. Minutes before parking she abruptly drops into a deep micro-sleep, which lasts precisely long enough for me to get to the Westgarth foyer, purchase ticket, … Continue reading
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I went up to Sydney to attend the Tele Visions festival recently – a 6-day live broadcast of video art, commissioned performances and art-driven TV. It was, needless to say, a total blast, and an insight into just how amazing television can and should be. While I was there, I guest blogged for Tele Visions … Continue reading
The directors of Tele Visions, Emma Ramsay and Alex White, chat to Jessie Scott about anarchy on the airwaves, art on TV, public access to the spectrum, and what the death of analogue might mean for us all… Refusing to not take TV seriously, Alex and Emma have programmed an exciting and thoughtful series of … Continue reading
With Maggie Scott, Jessie Scott and Carla Donnelly Welcome to Picture Skew’s first Round Table, whereby a trio of enthusiasts take a film, TV series, exhibition, or whatever cultural material they love, and discuss it to bits. This time it’s a conversation between Picture Skew eds Maggie Scott (writer) and Jessie Scott (video artist), and … Continue reading
By Jessie Scott This essay is reproduced from the catalogue for Tania Smith‘s exhibition, Untitled #1, on the Small Screen at Screen Space, 17 May – 22 June 2013. There’s More Than One Way to Stuff a Pillow Case “While I waited for my mother to notice me, I would sit at her dressing table … Continue reading
Review by Ariele Hoffman Sound and Vision: Sarah Duyshart, Emma Lashmar and Ross Manning, Curated by Lauren Simmonds Counihan Gallery, 233 Sydney Road, Brunswick, 1 – 31 March 2013 It seems everything around us is being translated to a digital state. Tangibility is not as high a value as accessibility and its consequent sharing of … Continue reading
Greta Harrison is a Melbourne creative who has been writing and producing comedy that could be described as part of a new wave of independent Australian comedy for community TV and web-based content. Picture Skew asked Greta to walk us through some of her burgeoning career experiences to date. Finding comedy in the everyday: taller-than-average … Continue reading
Lisa Daniel is the Festival Director of the Melbourne Queer Film Festival (MQFF) which recently bumped out of its 23rd year on March 24th 2013. An ‘elder stateswoman’ of film programming and festival directing, Lisa has been in this role for 15 years, which we bet is smidge longer than most in the field. Programming … Continue reading
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