[-empyre-] beyond screens

[Mayssa Fattouh]

Sorry forgot to mention Wael Shawky as well.



On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Mayssa Fattouh <mayssa.f at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi Laura,
>
> I think that most artists who have produced single channel videos have
> mainly done so as installations, I'm finding a hard time identifying artists
> who approach single video in a gallery context in the way that Hassan Khan
> does.
> Those who I found are closest to this direction in some of their videos are
> Mounir Fatmi, Jayce Salloum, Ahmet Ogut, Sharif Waked...
> Over a year ago during the Tate curators workshop, Elisabetta Fabrizi from
> the BFI exhibitions had suggested to create an archive of Middle Eastern
> artists videos dedicated for the gallery context, the problem was that there
> were very few examples that would give life to this project.
> Again the gallery system in the Middle East wasn't very developed a few
> years ago for many reasons, this again is changing and with it the artists
> works. Galleries have now created good contacts with collectors and museums,
> the number of galleries showing video is also increasing due also to the
> fact that video is very cost efficient for transportation. It is true though
> that very few collectors in this region are interested in acquiring video
> works as we are still here in the concern of the display.
> I wonder if this issue will be discussed in the near future in one of the
> art fair forums or other, it would certainly be very beneficial for all.
> Thank you Laura for bringing up the subject.
>
> Best,
> Mayssa
>
>
>
> On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 5:14 PM, Laura Marks <lmarks at sfu.ca> wrote:
>
>> Hello Nat, Mayssa, Mirene, Ayah,
>>
>> This is such an interesting discussion. I have some questions about
>> single-channel vs. installation, and distribution. It seems a lot of artists
>> are turning to gallery projection where possible (following the
>> long-standing example of Hassan Khan, for example) because they want to
>> shift from the cinematic context to a gallery one. This has happened in
>> Western countries earlier, so there's quite a split between those who
>> present work at festivals and distribute them like films, or get picked up
>> by distributors, and those who present work at galleries and hope to get
>> represented by galleries. The latter I think is more lucrative but more
>> difficult to achieve. I recall Hassan Khan saying at Homeworks last summer
>> that his work is finally being collected by galleries and museums (he's
>> represented by Chantal Crousel), but not being shown--and I think this is
>> because it's not distributed as single-channel work.
>>
>> Do you have some thoughts or other examples?
>>
>> Laura
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "nat muller" <nat at xs4all.nl>
>> To: "soft_skinned_space" <empyre at gamera.cofa.unsw.edu.au>
>> Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 6:48:43 AM
>> Subject: [-empyre-] beyond screens
>>
>> dear mirene, ayah and mayssa,
>>
>> thanks for your great posts!
>>
>> re: ayah's and mayssa's observation - as well as my own - that the
>> dominance of the screen is very prominent and that spatial
>> considerations (a.o. in installations, multi-channel, etc) and more
>> interactive/participatory media-based work is scarce, was wondering
>> about your thoughts why this is the case. do you think this is due to
>> a lack in access, resources, financial constraints,..?  perhaps in the
>> case of beirut a lack of venues - though now matters might have
>> changed with the beirut art centre? or does the prominence of the
>> screen mean something different (in the case of lebanon)? i have to
>> say that i somehow i have noticed more spatial (media) installations
>> in egypt.
>>
>> looking fwd to your thoughts.
>>
>> /nat
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