Matinee
Saturday 11 May 2013
Image: Llewellyn Millhouse, Neo Shoots, 2012
Venue: The Studio, Metro Arts, 109 Edward St
Session times: 1.00pm, 1.30pm, 2.00pm
Featuring:
Grant Stevens, The Switch, 2006 (Courtesy of gallery barry keldoulis and the artist)
Daniel McKewen, Untitled (after Steven and John), 2012 (Courtesy of Milani Gallery and the artist)
Llewellyn Millhouse, Neo Shoots, 2012 (Courtesy the artist)
Anita Holtsclaw, The Isle, 2007 (Courtesy the artist)
Presented as part of the Boxcopy Weekender: Offsite
Session times: 1.00pm, 1.30pm, 2.00pm
Featuring:
Grant Stevens, The Switch, 2006 (Courtesy of gallery barry keldoulis and the artist)
Daniel McKewen, Untitled (after Steven and John), 2012 (Courtesy of Milani Gallery and the artist)
Llewellyn Millhouse, Neo Shoots, 2012 (Courtesy the artist)
Anita Holtsclaw, The Isle, 2007 (Courtesy the artist)
Presented as part of the Boxcopy Weekender: Offsite
Current Projects presents Matinee, a screening of video work by Brisbane based artists at the cinema in Metro Arts. Placed in the context of the silver screen, Matinee addresses the relationship between visual art and film. Works included in Matinee engage directly with the film medium by either using or adapting found footage from movies, or by reimagining and repurposing standard tropes and conventions of Hollywood films.
Much like the darkened space of an old cinema, the content of many of the works - drawn from well-known Hollywood films - is seemingly quite familiar; however any initial sense of familiarity is quickly undermined as narratives are confused or completely dismantled, and familiar scenes are presented out of their intended contexts. While film makers routinely adhere to a predetermined formula of introduction, complication, climax and resolution, many artists instead manipulate moving images to play out in unexpected ways. Other artists rely on audiences' familiarity with this fail-safe formula, by parodying classic movie scenes or referencing typical Hollywood scenarios.
By presenting the works in a cinema setting as part of a larger art event, the viewing context becomes ambiguous, and much like the works themselves, blurs the line between what is film and what is art.
Much like the darkened space of an old cinema, the content of many of the works - drawn from well-known Hollywood films - is seemingly quite familiar; however any initial sense of familiarity is quickly undermined as narratives are confused or completely dismantled, and familiar scenes are presented out of their intended contexts. While film makers routinely adhere to a predetermined formula of introduction, complication, climax and resolution, many artists instead manipulate moving images to play out in unexpected ways. Other artists rely on audiences' familiarity with this fail-safe formula, by parodying classic movie scenes or referencing typical Hollywood scenarios.
By presenting the works in a cinema setting as part of a larger art event, the viewing context becomes ambiguous, and much like the works themselves, blurs the line between what is film and what is art.
Katherine Dionysius and Amy-Clare McCarthy
