For many, the ‘uncanny’ is experienced when something repressed or alienated has been awakened in our consciousness, which may seem strangely familiar (Schneider, 1999). At the same time, this experience of the uncanny can often evoke fear, unpleasantness and/or repulsion. Doppelgänger explores Freudian anxieties of the ‘uncanny’ and ‘double’ through repetitive...
Leave Ellen Alone is a live self-portrait that features the artist and her mobile device becoming intertwined. The voiceover you hear is “Siri”, which has been programmed to play on loudspeaker, delivering messages received by the artist on her iPhone. Although the artist has hired participants to send messages at...
Robin Fox is one of Australia’s leading artists in audio-visual performance, sound and computer music. His diverse practice has led to research in acoustic compositions for cochlear implant users at the Bionic Ear Institute in Melbourne, commissioned interactive audio-visual performances for festivals worldwide and the release of seven experimental sound...
Nayia Frangouli, Greece, Metropolitan Airways, 8 mins, 2001
Curated by Blair FrenchArtists: Phil Dadson, Lucas Ihlein, Tom Nicholson, Sanja Pahoki
