Roundtable on 'In-/Visible Spectrums'

Screening and roundtable panel about ‘In-/Visible Spectrums: Toward the Interpretation of Contemporary Video Art from the Sinosphere’

This roundtable will feature the curators of the SOAS Gallery exhibition ‘In-/Visible Spectrums: Toward the Interpretation of Contemporary Video Art from the Sinosphere’ in a critical discussion about the featured artworks and their transcultural significances. There will also be an exploration of the staging of the exhibition and its relationship to current scholarly debates on displays of contemporary Sinospheric art. This talk will be with Professor Paul Gladston 葛思谛, Lynne Howarth-Gladston, Yique 一鹊, Lin Zi 林梓, Frank Vigneron and a guest moderator TBA.

About the event series

This series of screenings/panel discussions accompanying the SOAS Gallery exhibition ‘In-/Visible Spectrums: Contemporary Video Art from the Sinosphere’ showcases contemporary video artworks by Sinophone artists along with in-depth discussions about their making and significance with the artists and experts in the field of Chinese contemporary art studies. The screened artworks are aesthetically and technically diverse. They also address a range of issues, including institutional critique, patriarchy, resistance to authority, queer identity, social control, climate change and well-being. Panel discussions at the screenings will be followed by extended audience Q&A.

The videos featured in this series of screenings contrast aesthetically in many cases with those included in the exhibition ‘In-/Visible Spectrums.’ While all the videos in the exhibition are lyrical, poetic and conceptually abstract most of those featured in the screenings involve more explicit narratives and/or forms of social engagement.

The exhibition and screenings/panels produced and financially supported by the University of New South Wales Judith Neilson Chair of Contemporary Art (JNCCA).

Header image: Sinophone artists present their poetic-transcultural visions of art and life