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Real Emergency | The College of Fine Arts

Real Emergency

When:    Aug 27, 2009  -  Sep 19, 2009
Artist(s): Yang Shaobin, Hito Steyerl, Liza Johnson, Sharon Daniel, Michele Barker and Anna Munster, Atanas Djonov
Curated by: Jill Bennett and Anna Munster
Additional Information: Opening Friday 28 August 6 - 8 pm Symposium Infectious: crisis, contagion and communication aesthetics, convened by the Centre for Contemporary Art and Politics (CCAP), College of Fine Arts, UNSW, Friday 11 September Special Event Friday 11 September 5.30 - 7.30 pm in conjunction with the symposium Infectious: crisis, contagion and communication aesthetics
Image by Yang Shaobin
Yang Shaobin, Video stills from the installation X-Blind Spot

What effects do crises - war, and environmental catastrophes such as Hurricane Katrina, for example - play in transforming aesthetics? Conversely, how have 'real' crises been reconfigured by a new visual language and sensibility in contemporary art practice? Emerging art fields and forms ave arisen as responses to real world emergencies, including post-documentary film, video and new media art. This exhibition highlights these new approaches with the Australian premiere of installations and screenings by renowned international and national artists.