AFA BEIJING
Beijing Contemporary Art Centre
The exhibition will be divided in 4 sections, which will run simultaneously in 4 different rooms.
Adamo Macri
One Onion Canon (2007)
Duration: 05:51
Music composed by: Índios Eletrônicos (André Ramiro & João XXIII)
Recorded by: Carlos Zubeck
Song Title: Morainas
1 ArtBase, "Beijing 318 Art Garden" East 6-3, Hegezhuang Village, Cuigezhuang Township, Chaoyang District, Beijing China
16 January - 14 March 2010
Opening hours: 12:00 - 18:00
Closed Mondays
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The term "video" commonly covers a vast range of activities, including feature films on video tape, music videos, home video recordings, closed circuit video surveillance, corporate and information video, video used for legal evidence in the police and court systems, television, internet, and, we shouldn't forget video art in all its manifestations.
We can link the word "video" to specific objects like videotape or video cameras and obvious related practices and as much as there is heterogeneity of practices, which go under the same name, the purposes are as diverse - showing that the term is archaic and that "video" is a hybrid medium in constant transformation.
This current uncertainty about the role and nature of "video" and the inclusion of disciplinary boundaries is linked to a broader crisis in knowledge, a characteristic of our times.
The displacement of the traditional culture by the rise of a spectacular image suggests that as much as video offers a new kind of object, it is also part of a profound transformation of the social and cultural conditions within which is produced.
The various manifestations of Video Art throughout the last 40 years provide us an alternative parallel timetable where unquestionably were eliminated the concerns, techniques and problems inherited from more academic art forms. In most cases, the artists who use video developed a process of exploration and reduction, by the elimination of all extrinsic characteristics until they arrive at what is, presumably, a core, an essence.
The assumption that by stripping the medium down to its unique features will lead us to its innermost core, its own proper identity is just one side of the question. It is for the artist to trace a concern, not so much for limiting the specificity of different media, but for understanding their interrelationships. In other words, video artists today are most often interested in the hybrid rather than the pure, in transformation and intersection rather than discrete and stable boundaries.
Video is, therefore, one of the most prolific visual mediums in use today.
Contributions from the extensive collection of the Human Emotion Project, founded and directed by the South African artist Alison Williams, give Macau a selection that links together more than 40 voices from all over the world.
"Paradox", "Loss & Desire", "Transformation" and "Fantasy" are the chosen themes for understanding video art, its own multiplicity and reunion around the imaginative subject of The Human Emotion Project (HEP).
The artists in "Paradox" investigate the contradictions between documentary and performance, fact and fiction, order & chaos. What is real and what is staged? The absurdity of real life, the ambiguity of movement and the enigma of space are some of the perceptions raised in "Paradox".
Dave Swensen (Until Death Parts Us) - USA
Nicole Rademacher (Walk With Me) - USA
Khairy Hirzalla (Looking for) - Jordan
Hakan Akcura (Catharsis) - Turkey/Sweden
Larry Caveney (Arm Wresting Intervention) - USA
Kim Miller (Thanx for Meeting Me Here) - USA
Vienne Chan (Nightdance) - Hong Kong/Canada
Basmati Corpus (Tracks) - Italy
Irina Gabiani (Samaia or Triamazikamno) - Luxembourg
Xenia Vargova (Tutu) - Bulgaria
Ng Fong Chao (Redemption) - Macau
"Loss & Desire" explores the ambiguity of misplaced feelings from philosophical aspects to the emotional. The strong deficit of engagement, the desire for connection and the interior struggle for clarity are present in each work.
Gaia Bartolini (Unseen Dialogue) - Italy
Daniel Chavez (Self Examination – I Am Nothing) - USA
Michael Douglas Hawk (Bubble Girl) - Germany
Richard Jochum (Mama) – Austria/USA
Alison Williams (Cage-panic) - RSA
Debbie Douez (Two in One) - Spain
Manfred Marburger (Proud) - UK
Gili Avissar (Self portrait-Dead artist) - Israel
Jose Drummond (The Illusionist) – Portugal/Macau
Masha Yozefpolsky (Deep Freeze) Israel
Bianca Lei (Won Ton noodles, I love…… IT !) - Macau
The power of "Transformation" is a vibrant and integral part of all of our lives. The mystery of life forever changing, the spirituality of isolated gestures and sounds and the manipulation of these elements compose a space of reflection and intimacy.
Amina Bech (Tranquility Inverted) - Norway
Bill Millett (The Book) - UK
Anders Weberg (Undisclosed beauty) - Sweden
Glenn Church (Fragility) - UK
Alison Williams & Anders Weberg (Mirror Mirror) - RSA/Sweden
Christy Walsh (Isolation) - USA
Alberto Guerreiro (Transcendent) - Portugal
Alicia Felberbaum (There and Back) - UK
Sue Pam-Grant (Portrait) - RSA
Danny Germansen (Alienation & loneliness) - Denmark
Alice Kok (The Duet) - Macau
"Fantasy" draws inspiration from the apparent fascination of lively graphic imagery. The looping of the modern era, the provocation of literature, the encounter with the fantastical and the employment of technology contribute to the process making of these visual stories.
Adamo Macri (One Onion Canon) - Canada
Ebert Brothers (Bluescape) - Germany
Verena Stenke & Andrea Pagnes (Crossing) - Italy
Robertina Sebjanic (Bubble) - Slovenia
Niclas Hallberg (The Crying Man) - Sweden
Michael Chang (Concerto Azzurro) - Denmark
Paolo Bonfiglio (Mater) - Italy
João Ricardo (Scarleet) - Portugal
Cindy Ng (Walking) - China
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