New York based Australian artist Ian Burns discusses his inventive ‘meta-cinematic’ exhibition, ‘In the Telling’. Presenting a network of close-circuit kinetic sculptures that work together to create live video footage inside the gallery, the exhibition invites audiences to suspend their disbelief and behold a moment of cinematic cliché and excess.
In this interview, Ian talks about his art process, influences and goes into the ideas behind works included in the exhibition such as the ACMI commissioned ‘Anywhere and Here’.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Previously on display
22 April 2019
ACMI Viewing Booths
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B2002620
Language
English
Audience classification
Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)
Subject categories
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Interviews
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and motion pictures
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art and technology
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Modern - 21st century
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists' materials
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists' tools
Crafts & Visual Arts → Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Installations (Art)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Kinetic art
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
DVCAM; Master
DVD [PAL]; Copy
DVD [PAL]; Back-up
MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
DVCAM; Sub-master