_Born 1966
in Indonesia, grew up in Australia
_Lives and works in The Netherlands
Facing
Forward, 1998/99
35 mm film transferred to Betacam
SP (b/w, sound), 11'
Courtesy of the artist and
Gallery Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
Thin Cities, 2000
Video / 5 projections (color, no sound),
loop
Courtesy of the artist and
Gallery Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam
Facing
Forward
The images in Facing Forward stem entirely from early silent archival
film footage categorized as colonial documentary footage shot in foreign
and exotic countries for a Western audience. I have selected one particular
sort of scene from a myriad of films. I call these scenes photographic
moments. Quite simply, they consist of the countless times that as if
for a photograph people pose in front of the film camera. I find these
moments poignant and endearing:
a filmed photograph stretches time and in those often uncomfortable moments
a lot happens: The viewer can see the embarrassment, the bewilderment
and anger or the curiosity and shyness due to the confrontation with the
camera. A viewer also has time to reflect upon all these anonymous people
arranged before him. It also highlights the transition between two media:
photography and film. They are particularly revealing moments. Moments
of meeting, not just a meeting of individuals but of cultures, ideas and
times. Moments, which I think are important to review now.
Please also
visit the archive of Basis-Wien at
http://www.basis-wien.at
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