25 December 2006

New Video Art Exhibition in Melbourne


AUSTRALIAN GOTHIC
Curated by Shaun Wilson
Project Space/Spare Room, Melbourne: 05.02.07-23.02.07.
Directors Lounge, Berlin: 08.02.07-18.02.07
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Brendan Lee
Marsha Berry
Tammy Honey
Robert Hecimovic
Alex Avtzoglou
Larissa Hjorth
Brie Trenerry
Shaun Wilson

I will be curating the touring exhibition Australian Gothic to be exhibited at Project Space/Spare Room, Melbourne and Directors Lounge, Berlin in Feb 2007. The exhibition will be a survey show of current emerging and established Australian video artists. Evidenced work will reflect a 'Gothic' mode, as further discussed by Gerry Turcotte in his essay 'Australian Gothic' (Turcotte, 1995), including Brendan Lee's Two Birds with One Stone, Brie Trenerry's fly infested Sleep Paralysis and Tammy Honey's pop-desire Threesome. Future exhibition venues in the UK and USA will be added later in the year.

A colour catalogue will be available closer to the exhibition opening or via email me: shaun.wilson @ rmit.edu.au.

Image: Tammy Honey (2006) video still from 'Threesome', single channel DV, colour, sound, 5 mins.