In March, Adelaide Festival Centre's Moving Image Program is exhibiting 'AI' by Anne Glam, 'Floating' by Liam Bosecke, 'What Need Angel’ by Peter Crnokrak, and '23° West' by Vanessa White.
Anne Glam, AI, moving image, 9:39 mins
The artist has filmed jellyfish, which are reputed to have no brains, using an autofocus camera. With all of the concern surrounding artificial intelligence and machines being able to act and think like humans, brainless jellyfish have influenced the design of this artwork.
Image: Anne Glam, AI, moving image, (still), 9:39 mins
Liam Bosecke, Floating, moving image, 3:00 mins
‘Personified through a Viking warrior, Floating, is an organic portrait of bodily reworks, celebrating the diversity in our creativity. The liberating and carefree painting style on the armour was inspired by local legend Jungle Philips whilst working on artworks in conjunction with him for an exhibition, interpreting his philosophy of artwork being about ‘bringing joy to the world’. I wanted to evoke a pure feeling of wonder from the visual aesthetic whilst retaining a glitchy and rough visual style, creating a piece that will make the viewer double take and assess what it is they are looking at exactly. The unpredictable nature of Floating invites the viewer to free themselves of their future expectations and enjoy the motions as they come: Embracing and celebrating our communal diversity. You’re invited to come boat with me and share in this perspective.’ Liam Bosecke, 2017
Image: Liam Bosecke, Floating, moving image, (still), 3:00 mins
Peter Crnokrak, What Need Angel, moving image, 2:35 mins
What Need Angel is a synesthetic transcription of the brainwave response of a five-year-old boy while listening to music. The project aims to develop a systematic methodology that allows for primal biological experiences to be visualised to facilitate the understanding of the emotional responses to stimuli.
The computational video uses dynamic particle animation segments that are woven together to form a seamless, though at times jarring, reflection of the music listening experience. Particle behaviours such as size, speed, colour, and direction of movement are all determined by the user’s passive brainwave responses to music stimuli.
Peter Crnokrak is a Berlin based computational and digital designer who utilises design language to communicate meaning in complex systems with work integrating research, analysis and experimental technologies.
Image: Peter Crnokrak, What Need Angel, moving image, (still), 2:35 mins
Vanessa White, 23° West, moving image, (still), 5:00 mins
23° WEST brings together Australian interdisciplinary artist Vanessa White, Finnish choreographer Favela Vera Ortiz, and Icelandic performer Thora Solveig Bergsteinsdottir. The work was produced while on art residency at SIM, Reykjavik, Iceland in May 2017. The artists spent a week filming in the remote Western region around Snæfellsjökull (the glacier) and National Park. Believed to be highly charged spiritually due to the Ley lines (energy lines) that run through it. There are many stories, legends, folklores and miracles that the Icelanders believe took place on this glacier that contribute to the inexplicable mystique surrounding this area. The Butoh based movement practice that both the dancer, Bergsteinsdottir and White bring to the piece complements the eerie atmosphere of the work, guided by contemporary dance choreographer Favela. Explores consciousness of the body itself as an ever-evolving landscape within the greater natural landscape. The body is seen to be in a state of flux between an infinite and complex system of processes occurring in and outside of the body.
The artists bring their independent practices together through a united dialogue with the intensity of nature and its elements. Exploring the formation of the land, through both implanted traditions and aesthetics, these artists challenge the way we consider the impacts of our environment and its elements on our bodies, influences that can make us feel either connected to the landscape or tossed about within it.
Image: Vanessa White, 23° WEST, moving image, (still), 5:00 mins