The Asian tour of Face to Face: Portraiture in digital age is presented by Asialink in partnership with d/Lux/MediaArts.
CURATOR: Dr Kathy Cleland, The University of Sydney
ARTISTS: Michele Barker (NSW) & Anna Munster (NSW), Denis Beaubois (NSW), Daniel Crooks(VIC), Anna Davis (NSW) & Jason Gee (NSW), Emil Goh (NSW/SEOUL), Angelica Mesiti (NSW), Adam Nash (VIC) & Mami Yamanaka (VIC), David Rosetzky (VIC), Rachel Scott (NSW), Stelarc (NSW/VIC/LONDON), John Tonkin (NSW)
TOUR:
Bangkok: 6 September - 16 October 2010, Chulalongkorn Art Center
Singapore: 9 November - 7 December 2010, Nanyang Academy of Fine Arts Gallery (NAFA)
Manila: 26 January - 20 February 2011, Ayala Museum
Korea: 25 April - 29 June 2011, Seoul Museum of Art, Korea
Australian Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, opened Asialink Arts touring exhibition, Face to Face: Portraiture in a Digital Age, at the prestigious Seoul Museum of Art, Korea. The exhibition, curated by Dr Kathy Cleland, opened in Korea on April 25 after previously touring Bangkok, Singapore and Manila. It is one of a number of events being presented by Asialink Arts in Korea during 2011 as part of the Korea-Australia Exchange Program to mark the 50th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations.
Face to Face features the works of 14 Australian artists exploring portraiture using a range of media including digital photography, video and interactive installation, all of which provide a unique and engaging perspective on how digital technologies are reshaping our understanding and experience of contemporary identity.
In today’s media saturated environment, the archetypal mirror image is only one of many technologically mediated images of the human face that are now available to us. Over the last 150 years new imaging and media technologies such as photography, video and digital media have initiated many new ways of representing the human face as a visual image. These different media forms mirror the human face in different ways and affect how we see and understand ourselves. They also play an important role in creating our sense of self and self-image.
The invited artists, Michele Barker & Anna Munster, Denis Beaubois, Daniel Crooks, Anna Davis & Jason Gee, Emil Goh, Angelica Mesiti, Adam Nash & Mami Yamanaka, David Rosetzky, Rachel Scott, Stelarc, John Tonkin, all explore profound illusory and malleable identities of narcissism, popular culture and identity.