A National touring program curated by Dr. Kathy Cleland exploring new forms of portraiture that incorporate a variety of different technologies from digital prints to single channel digital video and interactive installations.
How have new media and digital technologies changed the way we think about portraiture, identity and faces? What new forms of audience engagement and interaction are made possible by these new technologies?
The exhibition toured Australia in 2010 as part of d/Lux/MediaArts' d/Tour program, and is currently touring Asia in partnership with Asialink. Prime Minister Julia Gillard opened Face to Face in Seoul as part of the “Korea-Australia Exchange Exhibition: Australia Digital Urban Portraits”. The exhibition commemorates the 50th anniversary of Korea-Australia diplomatic relations.
Face to Face: Portraiture in the Digital Age presents the work by MICHELE BARKER (NSW) and ANNA MUNSTER (NSW), DENIS BEAUBOIS (NSW), DANIEL CROOKS (VIC), ANNA DAVIS (NSW) and JASON GEE (NSW), EMIL GOH (NSW/SEOUL), ANGELICA MESITI (NSW), ADAM NASH (VIC) and MAMI YAMANAKA (VIC), DAVID ROSETZKY (VIC), RACHEL SCOTT (NSW), STELARC (NSW/VIC/LONDON), and JOHN TONKIN (NSW).
Seoul Museum of Art, 28 April - 29 June 2011
Ayala Museum, Manila 26 January - 20 February 2011
NAFA, Nanyang Academy, Singapore, 9 November - 7 December 2010
Gosford Regional Gallery, 27 November - 31 January 2010
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, 6 September - 16 October 2010
Bundaberg Regional Art Gallery, 14 July 2010 - 29 August 2010
Cairns Regional Gallery, 19 March -16 May 2010
QUT creative industries precinct (Screen Works from the Exhibition), 27 April - 15 May 2010
Tweed River Art Gallery, 18 June - 16 August 2009
Hazelhurst Gallery, 28 March - 3 May 2009
Newcastle Region Art Gallery, 6 September - 26 October 2008.
Catalogue Details:
Michele Barker and Anna Munster, The Love Machine II, 2003, digital prints on aluminium, 3 images: 62.72cm x 74.1cm, 2 images: 60cm x 135cm, 1 image: 249.58cm x 15.1cm
Denis Beaubois, Constant, 2004, single channel digital video, 8:40 min
Daniel Crooks, Portrait #I (Self), Portrait #2 (Chris), Portrait #3 (Chris), 2007, digital prints 101 cm x 101 cm
Anna Davis and Jason Gee, Biohead Actualized, 2008, single channel digital video loop (Constructed from re-animated digital photos of ventriloquist dolls and ‘found’ vocal sounds), 10:00 min
Emil Goh, emilgoh / Emil Goh, 2006, MD03 / Min Ji Cho, 2005 i_triangle / Kwang Hoon Hyun, 2005, MyCy series, digital prints 110 cm x 110 cm
Angelica Mesiti, Heroes, 2002, single channel digital video, 5:00 min
Adam Nash and Mami Yamanaka, In3Face, 2002, interactive installation
David Rosetzky, Without You, 2003/2004, single channel digital video, 10:40 min
Rachel Scott, Hot Not, 2006, single channel digital video, 3:17 min
Stelarc, Prosthetic Head, 2003, interactive installation
John Tonkin, Time And Motion Study, 2006, interactive installation
