Exhibitions / Her Moving Presence
01.02.2016 to 20.02.2016
Her Moving Presence is an exhibition of moving image work by twelve
female artists. The exhibition navigates implied, and actual, presence through
the mediums of video, projection, interactivity and screen based performance.
This exhibition is curated by Yvette Hamilton and Danica Knezevic, shown at Airspace,
Marrickville, Sydney, Australia. The twelve artists are: Ella Condon, Fiona Davies,
Kath Fries, Sylvia Griffin, Yvette Hamilton, Melissa Howe, Danica Knezevic, Vivienne
Linsley, Sarah Breen Lovett, Sara Morawetz, Katy Plummer, and Tamara Voninski.
The works presented are reflections of the body as presence, not solely the
view of female presence in front of the camera, as the viewed being – but
rather, female presence behind the camera, as the viewer/creator. Her Moving
Presence explores the negotiation of the feminine self through time, space and objects.
The reading of this visible and invisible presence allows the construct of an internal
dialogue that affirms the understanding of our many selves. The self is determined
internally: therefore the conclusion of feminine identity is never specific or absolute.
These curatorial themes are echoed in the possibilities inherent in the moving image
medium. A medium dependent on light and constantly in flux, it is itself defined
by both the visible and invisible, and the passage of time. Mediating, and indeed
defining, the notion of ‘self’ through screen based mediums is almost a ubiquitous
part of being visible in the world of a technology driven society. This exhibition looks
at the multifarious ways that this manifests from a feminine perspective – from the
personal to the political, from gender to cultural issues, from trace to technology.
- Yvette Hamilton and Danica Knezevic
Catalogue essay by Jacqueline Millner
Image: Ella Condon, Tracing Moonlight, 2015. Digital Video
Tracing Moonlight was made onsite at Sydney Observatory with assistance from Astronomer Geoff Wyatt.
Tracing Moonlight (Install) 2016
Tracing Moonlight (Install) 2016