What is the general public’s perception of video art? Is it still a form largely faithful to the early video artist’s embrace of new technology? An embrace characterised by the freedom to express in the moment and the rejection of the financial and technical constraints of film? Video cameras capable of producing the image quality of 35mm film cameras along with sophisticated post-production environments are now widespread. Are content and technical problems now inextricably intertwined or are aesthetic concerns now posed purely by technological developments? Make Believe its nothing is a compilation of moving image works in which the artists display a responsiveness within their practice to elements of a ‘cinematic’ sensibility. Each artist has been selected because they have appropriated filmic strategies and in doing so, blur boundaries between the moving image and the wider context of art practice which includes drawing, painting, sculpture and installation.
Damiano BERTOLI
Kieran BOLAND
Stephen GARRETT
Siri HAYES
Rob HELY
Lou HUBBARD
Brendan LEE
Donna McRAE
Sanja PAHOKI
Simon PERICICH
Mia SALSJO
Kimba THOMSON
Patrick TOPITSCHNIG
Brie TRENERRY
Michael VALE
Shaun WILSON
Curated by
Brie Trenerry and Kieran Boland
Location
7 James Street Windsor VIC 3181, AU
Duration
12 FEBRUARY – 9 MARCH 2014
Opening
WEDNESDAY 12 FEBRUARY 6-8pm