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Details
- Date
- 2009
- Media category
- Time-based art
- Materials used
- single channel digital video, colour, silent
- Edition
- 2/2 A/P [edition of 5 + 2 artist's proofs]
- Dimensions
- duration: 00:10:10 min, aspect ratio: 16:9
- Signature & date
Signed l.c. certificate of authenticity, black fibre-tipped pen "Angelica Mesiti". Not dated.
- Credit
- Purchased with funds provided by the Viktoria Marinov Bequest 2013
- Location
- Not on display
- Accession number
- 99.2013
- Copyright
- © Angelica Mesiti
- Artist information
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Angelica Mesiti
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About
Angelica Mesiti uses video and installation to frame the production and reception of performance in the public sphere. In 'Rapture (silent anthem)' the artist has pointed her camera into a crowd of youths enthralled by a performance that is out of view. The work is silent. This ambiguity eventually gives way to an appreciation of the slowed-down action that unfolds. The decision to focus on facial expressions creates a directness with the viewer and imparts a spiritual quality. This is further enhanced by the glowing colours of wet skin, and by the shifting gestures of the crowd as they collectively express the intense emotion of idolisation.
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Exhibition history
Shown in 1 exhibition
We used to talk about love - Balnaves contemporary: photomedia, Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, 31 Jan 2013–21 Apr 2013
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Bibliography
Referenced in 2 publications
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Natasha Bullock, We used to talk about love: Balnaves contemporary: photomedia, 'We used to talk about love-and photography', pg. 8-39, Sydney, 2013, 18 (illus., video still), 19, 58, 59, 60-61 (colour illus., video still), 62-63 (colour illus., video still), 64-65 (colour illus., video still), 152-153 (illus., video still).
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Nina Stromqvist, Art & Australia, 'We used to talk about love', pg. 653, Sydney, May 2013-Jul 2013, 653. exhibition review
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