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
After a very looooong and relaxing hiatus, Picture Skew is back for 2013. You will notice the site looks a bit different, as we have been fooling around with templates and such. We may continue to do so over the next few months, so bear with us! This year we are going to shift focus … Continue reading
Two events coming up which we here at Picture Skew feel compelled to plug…. We mentioned it back in August, and now it has finally come to fruition: Channels Festival, and Speakeasy Cinema are launching their new collaboration with a screening of Ian Haig’s frankly mental, brilliant, Chronicles of the New Human Organism. Accompanied by … Continue reading
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