Category: Curation

Cynema – an Interactive Playground

From Silver to Cyber: Brisbane International Film Festival

“This year the Brisbane Film Festival introduces a new aspect of motion picture art to its program – interactive CD-ROM. Throughout the ten days some twenty CD-ROM titles will be available for perusal at The Hub Cybercafe, one of the many imaginative initiatives taken by the restaurant and catering industry to not only encourage more people to drink more coffee but also share with others, in this the Year of Webness, the booming on-line phenomena of the World Wide Web, where upwards of 40 million pages of information and some entertainment await your perusal.” (Download catalogue article, above left.)

1996
10 days

From Silver to Cyber: Brisbane International Film Festival

“This year the Brisbane Film Festival introduces a new aspect of motion picture art to its program – interactive CD-ROM. Throughout the ten days some twenty CD-ROM titles will be available for perusal at The Hub Cybercafe, one of the many imaginative initiatives taken by the restaurant and catering industry to not only encourage more people to drink more coffee but also share with others, in this the Year of Webness, the booming on-line phenomena of the World Wide Web, where upwards of 40 million pages of information and some entertainment await your perusal.” (Download catalogue article, above left.)

Arts in Focus (Australia Council Forum online Moderator)

ARTS IN FOCUS Forum
Mike Leggett, Forum Moderator
These documents outline:
• aspects of the design adopted for this initial step by the Australia Council to explore the democratic potential of cyberspace;
• operational aspects of the On-Line Forum;
• the strategy employed, and other possible strategies that could be adopted in the future.

1999

 

ARTS IN FOCUS Forum
Mike Leggett, Forum Moderator
These documents outline:
• aspects of the design adopted for this initial step by the Australia Council to explore the democratic potential of cyberspace;
• operational aspects of the On-Line Forum;
• the strategy employed, and other possible strategies that could be adopted in the future. 

Artists Burning Art : Contemporary International CD-ROMs at Microwave, Hong Kong

1997

"Desktop CD-ROM burners capable of making individual ('gold') discs has attracted the attention of visual artists and, since the early-90s, has created the opportunity for multimedia artists to make their work more widely available. 'Microwave' is an exhibition that sets out to give visitors a glimpse of the work that has been published in editions since that time, and also includes 'gold discs' not previously exhibited anywhere else in the world." Catalogue Introduction 1997.



 

Chris Welsby at Artspace, Sydney

EXHIBITION: Chris Welsby, at Artspace, Sydney, April 2004:

‘Changing Light’ (2004) DVD, video projector, sound, mirrors, camera, horizontal screen (240cm x 320cm approx ) mounted 30cm above floor.

‘Waterfall’ (2004) DVD, video projector, sound.

Screenings: (at Artspace 8.4.04; and at Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane, 29.4.04) Park Film (1973), Tree (1974), Anemometer (1974), Windmill III (1974), Stream Line (1976), Seven Days (1976).

Catalogue essay ‘Ripples in Time – new work from Chris Welsby’ see PDF or Link to SCAN journal.

(Video – above – is a 60sec loop of the Changing Light installation, shot by Welsby at the Artspace gallery 1 on 15th April 2004.)

2004
1-minute (detail)

Burning the Interface at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney

“Finally, 1996 witnessed a major event: a national institution, Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art, organised …. the first international exhibition of digital works of art on CD-ROM….” Bertrand Gauguet; Rennes Ecole Beau Artes Review.

Burning the Interface exhibition at the Museum Contemporary Art, Sydney, curated by Mike Leggett and Linda Michael for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, March – July 1996. Catalogue sections and notes for talks at Art Gallery of WA and PICA – downloads attached. Sponsored by Apple Computer Australia, touring Australia, with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission, to Njapartje CMC, Adelaide 12th September – 5th October 1996; Experimenta, CCP Gallery, Melbourne 7th – 23rd November 1996; Perth International Festival, (Perth Institute of Contemporary Art), Perth 12th February – 9th March 1997; Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery and Museum 27th March – 3rd May 1997. The MCA Press Summary PDF gives an idea of the huge amount of interest generated; some of those documents can be found here or requested: Journal article for Media Information Australia see Texts; for seven selected reviews in better resolution than in the Reviews folder PDF on this page, see more under Texts-Citations and Comment.

1996

Burning the Interface<International Artists’ CD-ROM> exhibition at the Museum Contemporary Art, Sydney, curated by Mike Leggett and Linda Michael for the Museum of Contemporary Art, Sydney, March – July 1996. Catalogue sections and notes for talks at Art Gallery of WA and PICA – downloads attached.  

Sponsored by Apple Computer Australia, touring Australia, with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission, to Njapartje CMC, Adelaide 12th September – 5th October 1996; Experimenta, CCP Gallery, Melbourne 7th – 23rd November 1996; Perth International Festival, (Perth Institute of Contemporary Art), Perth 12th February – 9th March 1997; Brisbane City Hall Art Gallery and Museum 27th March – 3rd May 1997.

Journal article for Media Information Australia see Texts.