The view from elsewhere
10.00AM –
5.00PM
07 Oct 2009 – 15 Nov 2009
| GOMA | Cinema A
'The view from elsewhere' features contemporary video art and cinema practice from across Asia and the Middle East, comprising a series of film and video screenings presented in the Australian Cinémathèque, and an exhibition of installed video works, 'Small acts', in the Media Gallery.
A cinema-based exhibition of digital feature film, documentary, shorts, experimental film and video art, 'The view from elsewhere' showcases works that address particular aesthetic, social and political contexts, while extending the possibilities of cinematic and artistic expression. Artists and filmmakers include Ayisha Abraham, Sasithorn Ariyavicha, Ranu Ghosh, Amos Gitaï, Hu Jie, Jocelyne Saab, Wang Jianwei, Apichatpong Weerasethakul and Yoo Soon-mi.
'Small acts' features artists' videos in which the artist performs simple acts before a camera, alone or in conjunction with others, that are sometimes comical and often involve feats of endurance, physical gestures, or disruptive and untranslatable acts. Early works by Nam June Paik and Yoko Ono are presented alongside contemporary works by artists including Tsui Kuang-yu, Ghazel, Kimsooja and Song Dong. Currently, a significant number of younger artists are returning to performance-based video works using a simple digital camera. This parallels the freedom experienced by contemporary filmmakers using digital technology which allows fluid responses to different situations and a high degree of realism.
'The view from elsewhere' and 'Small acts' point to other ways of seeing and understanding and include works by nearly 50 artists and filmmakers. The integration of the cinema and video exhibitions creates relationships between moving image works produced for various audiences and contexts, while also respecting the historical specificities of art and cinema exhibition. The project is a partnership between the Queensland Art Gallery and the Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney, and an accompanying full-colour catalogue is available from the Gallery Store, Gallery Store Modern and online.
QAGOMA acknowledges all the archives, filmmakers and distributors who have generously provided screening materials for this program. In particular, the support of the National Film and Sound Archive Australia and Chinese-Taipei Film Archive. Program curated by José Da Silva, Australian Cinémathèque. Film notes are abridged; sources are indicated.
Small acts
Media Gallery, GoMA
LIST OF WORKS
Anthems 2000 | Artist: Bani Abidi
Blind Alley 2007 | Artist: Vyacheslav Akhunov
Moslem 2008 | Artist: Vyacheslav Akhunov
Moby Dick 2000 | Artist: Guy Ben-Ner
'Me' series 2003–08 | Artist: Ghazel
Performance: AIUEONN Six 1994 | Artist: Takahiko Iimura L
Moon Calendar / Iraq (no date) | Artist: Hiwa K
A Beggar Woman – Lagos 2001 | Artist: Kimsooja
A Homeless Woman – Cairo 2001 | Artist: Kimsooja
Video as Drawing 1997 | Artist: Taiyo Kimura
Typical Japanese-English 2005 | Artist: Taiyo Kimura
Journey of a Yellow Man no. 13: Fragmented Bodies/Shifting Ground 1999 | Artist: Lee Wen
Mirror Seoul 9.27 2003 | Artist: Li Wei
Cut Piece 1965 / Cut Piece 2003 | Artist: Yoko Ono
Hands and Face 1961 | Artist: Nam June Paik
Landscape 1999 | Artist: Qiu Zhijie
Rally 2006–07 | Artist: Umut Sakallioğlu
Jump 1999 | Artist: Song Dong
Droppings (Exercises in Gravity) 1998 | Artist: Kiran Subbaiah
Strip Tease 1999 | Artist: Kiran Subbaiah
Flight Rehearsals 2003 | Artist: Kiran Subbaiah
Simple Gesture and Temporary Sculpture 2008 | Artist: Tanaka Koki
The Shortcut to the Systematic Life—Superficial Life: Superficial Life 2002 | Artist: Tsui Kuang-Yu
'Ventriloquists – Introduction' series 2008 | Artist: Yu Cheng-Ta
The view from elsewhere
Australian Cinematheque, GoMA
In Transit 2008 | Artist: Lida Abdul
Straight 8 2005 | Artist: Ayisha Abraham
One Way 2007 | Artist: Ayisha Abraham
You Are Here 2008 | Artist: Ayisha Abraham
Vatan 2005–06 | Artist: Shaarbek Amankul
Duba 2007 | Artist: Shaarbek Amankul
Zindan 2007 | Artist: Shaarbek Amankul
My First Film 1991 | Artist: Sasithorn Ariyavicha
Drifter 1993 | Artist: Sasithorn Ariyavicha
Birth of the Seanema 2004 | Artist: Sasithorn Ariyavicha
Kam Sanabanyz (Everything Is OK) 2007 | Director: Akjoltoy Bekbolotov
New Age 2007 | Artist: Keren Cytter
Spelling Dystopia 2009 | Artist: Nina Fischer, Maroan El Sani
Quarter no. 4/11 2007 | Director: Ranu Ghosh
House (Bait) 1980 | Director: Amos Gitaï
A House in Jerusalem (Bait be Yerushalayim) 1998 | Director: Amos Gitaï
News from Home / News from House 2005 | Director: Amos Gitaï
Khalil Joreige | Artist: Joana Hadjithomas
Al Film el mafkoud (The Lost Film) 2003 | Artist: Joana Hadjithomas
Measures of Distance 1988 | Artist: Mona Hatoum
Remote Mountain 1996 | Director: Hu Jie
Though I Am Gone 2006 | Director: Hu Jie
Daichi o Tataku Onna (The Woman Who Is Beating the Earth) 2007 | Director: Inoue Tsuki
Gong gong chang suo (In Public) 2001 | Director: Jia Zhangke
Sanxia Haoren (Still Life) 2006 | Director: Jia Zhangke
Stairway 2001 | Artist: Gülsün Karamustafa
Unawarded Performances 2005 | Artist: Gülsün Karamustafa
Squatterpunk (Iskwaterpangk) 2007 | Director: Khavn
Five Long Takes Dedicated to Yasujiro Ozu 2004 | Director: Abbas Kiarostami
Slingshot (Tirador) 2007 | Director: Brillante Mendoza
Jihad 2004 | Artist: Almagul Menlibayeva
I Never Forget This 2005 | Artist: Almagul Menlibayeva
Headcharge 2007 | Artist: Almagul Menlibayeva
On Three Posters 2003–08 | Artist: Rabih Mroué
Pangyau 2003 | Director: Amir Muhammad
Village People Radio Show (Apa Khabar Orang Kampung) 2007 | Director: Amir Muhammad
May 2004-08 | Director: Oki Hiroyuki
Diary of Matsumae-kun's Love 2008 | Director: Oki Hiroyuki
La Dame de Saigon (Sayidat Saigon) 1997 | Artist: Jocelyne Saab
November 2004 | Artist: Hito Steyerl
Huong Vi Pho (Taste of Noodles) 2006 | Artist: Wang Jianwei
Living Elsewhere 1999 | Director: Wang Jianwei
Hostage 2008 | Director: Wang Jianwei
ISAHN 2004 | Artist: Yoo Soon-Mi
Ssitkim: Talking to the Dead 2004 | Artist: Yoo Soon-Mi
Dangerous Supplement 2006 | Artist: Yoo Soon-Mi
Like the Relentless Fury of the Pounding Waves 1995 | Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
Primitive: A Letter to Uncle Boonmee 2009 | Director: Apichatpong Weerasethakul
PROGRAM NOTES
Public Programs
Curator's Tour
Media Gallery, GoMA
3.00pm Sunday 26 July
Tour 'Small acts' with exhibition curator Kathryn Weir, Curatorial Manager (International Art and the Australian Cinémathèque). No bookings required / Free
New Wave Program: for tertiary students and young people
Media Gallery, GoMA
2.00pm Saturday 10 October
Tour 'Small acts' with the assistant curator of the exhibition Naomi Evans (Assistant Curator, International Art). No bookings required / Free
Gallery Members Programs
In situ – monthly lunch and lecture in the Gallery
Media Gallery & Foyer Bistro, GoMA
11.30am Thursday 15 October
Small acts' talk by Naomi Evans (Assistant Curator, International Art). Bookings required / $35 Gallery Members / $45 Members' Guests (includes lunch and a glass of wine, followed by coffee and sweets) / Please call (07) 3840 7278 to RSVP by Friday 17 July
In situ – in-Gallery tour and talk
Media Gallery, GoMA
2.00pm Saturday 17 October
'Small acts' talk by Naomi Evans (Assistant Curator, International Art). No bookings required / Free