In the last three decades, major changes in visual technology have witnessed the demise of the industrial giants and the traditional photographic technologies that once dominated the medium. These changes as well as the increased capacity for the medium to portray imaginary environments has brought into question the alchemical nature of photography as a continuous system thus highlighting its newly acquired relationship to the discrete values of digital technologies.… Continued
Brisbane
Curated by Mark McPherson and Ute Noll, Hijacked explores the socio-cultural landscapes of Germany and Australia through the diverse perspectives of 32 contemporary photographers. With a focus on the young, the boundary-riding and the fringe-dwelling, Hijacked was layered with imagery that is evocative, confronting, dreamlike and incisive.
Hijacked 2 was both a substantive book and a major exhibition that reinforced and expanded upon each other.… Continued
Major changes in visual technology have witnessed the demise of the industrial giants and the traditional photographic technologies that once dominated the medium. These changes as well as the increased capacity for the medium to portray imaginary environments has brought into question the alchemical nature of photography as a continuous system thus highlighting its newly acquired relationship to the discrete values of digital technologies.With… Continued
An exhibition of contemporary photography that explores representations of children and childhood by presenting the work of eleven artists working with this subject as a source for personal, social and cultural investigation. The common photographic experience is located in childhood. As children, we are photographed more than at any other time in our lives. The photographers variously recreate memories of childhood, explore childhood through the family album and found images, or create theatrical tableaux which represent more sinister and haunting views of the displaced and dispossessed.… Continued