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
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
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
Soda_Jerk Soda_Jerk are a Sydney-born, internationally-based, dynamic art duo. Soda_Jerk painstakingly take the detritus and scraps of pop culture, cinema, high and low art and reassemble them into elaborate new narratives which shine a – sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant, always affectionate – light on the nature of the moving image. They are video crusaders, whose … Continue reading
Scott Morrison* Scott Morrison is a sound and video artist who makes audiovisual deconstructions and recompositions of rural landscapes, in both live performances and gallery-based exhibitions. He is represented by Beam Contemporary and you can read more on his website here. 1. Can you tell us a little bit about your art practice, and describe … Continue reading
Simone Hine Simone Hine is an artist, writer, curator and gallery director based in Melbourne, Australia. Her work employs several mediums – including photography, video, installation and performance – in the service of creating “new narratives out of familiar cinematic tropes.” More at her website: http://www.simonehine.com Simone has been featured previously on Picture Skew here and … Continue reading
Energy Field 4, Marcia Jane, Les Instants Chavirés 2011, Image supplied by PurePresence Marcia Jane Marcia Jane works with light, sound, frequency, pattern and space. She has exhibited extensively in Australia and overseas in France and Tokyo. You can read more about Marcia and her work on her website: permutations.net. 1. Can you tell us … 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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