This is a catalogue for the exhibition 'The Film 2012' held at Daegu Art Museum from September 2012 to January 2013, which explore the edges of the idea of film vis-a-vis art as well as what effect is brought to art via the technologised visuality and architectural sensibility of film.
'In the purview of various issues on contemporary art and films, the exhibition on view intends to focus on the meaning and value of film, and especially the material of film. Among the many words to describe movies, the term ‘film’ is deeply correlated to the materialistic property of films and its aesthetic significance. Film is an art of material, an art of consciousness and an art of time. This is the very reason that the show has been arranged around the material properties of film stock, and the observation of its bridging with the field ofcontemporary art.
The first part, ‘Switching on the Darkness’ metaphorically expresses the moment when the era of movies started. The title means rather than switching on light, by switching on the darkness, one can see new light. The exhibition intends to observe the relationship between art and film since its material inception while presenting various films and installations that are created based upon the artists’ diverse thoughts and attitudes towards film. All ten artists and thirteen artworks are exhibited.
In the title of the second part of the exhibition, ‘Another Word’, the word ‘another’ means ‘different’, but it also means ‘something in addition’or‘something similar’. Considering film as something similar to art, this show features several works of artists and film directors in order to observe what takes place at the cross-point of film and art, or film and media-art from the present viewpoint.' - from Daegu Art Museum's web page on the exhibition.
Each work on the show is provided with technical details, as well as a short passage briefing the idea and meaning behind the moving image.
Includes biographies of participating artists.
'In the purview of various issues on contemporary art and films, the exhibition on view intends to focus on the meaning and value of film, and especially the material of film. Among the many words to describe movies, the term ‘film’ is deeply correlated to the materialistic property of films and its aesthetic significance. Film is an art of material, an art of consciousness and an art of time. This is the very reason that the show has been arranged around the material properties of film stock, and the observation of its bridging with the field ofcontemporary art.
The first part, ‘Switching on the Darkness’ metaphorically expresses the moment when the era of movies started. The title means rather than switching on light, by switching on the darkness, one can see new light. The exhibition intends to observe the relationship between art and film since its material inception while presenting various films and installations that are created based upon the artists’ diverse thoughts and attitudes towards film. All ten artists and thirteen artworks are exhibited.
In the title of the second part of the exhibition, ‘Another Word’, the word ‘another’ means ‘different’, but it also means ‘something in addition’or‘something similar’. Considering film as something similar to art, this show features several works of artists and film directors in order to observe what takes place at the cross-point of film and art, or film and media-art from the present viewpoint.' - from Daegu Art Museum's web page on the exhibition.
Each work on the show is provided with technical details, as well as a short passage briefing the idea and meaning behind the moving image.
Includes biographies of participating artists.
Access level
Onsite
publisher
Location code
EX.KOR.SDA
Language
English,
Korean
Keyword
Publication/Creation date
2012
No of pages
159
ISBN / ISSN
Nil
No of copies
2
Content type
catalogue
Chapter headings
The Film 2012: Switching on the Darkness, and Another Word - KWON Sunga, 권성아
The Contemporary Art, Film and Filmology - Nature of Film as a Medium and the Aesthetic of the Film Image - KANG Taisung, 강태성
Switching on the Darkness, Another Word
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