The Trilogies art exhibition at Newport’s Substation showcases three bodies of work by three major artists, produced over the past decade.
Erik Bunger, a Swedish artist who lives in Berlin, views language as the first technology and describes the voice as “inauthentic”, and language as something “immortal” and “radically inhuman”.
He has created a series of essayistic, philosophical videos that mix clips from such diverse films as 2001: A Space Odyssey, Nanook of the North, Fitzcarraldo and The Dark Knight Rises. These examples all appear in Bunger’s most recent film, The Girl Who Never Was, which completes a trilogy he began in 2007.
This will be screened, along with its companion films, as part of Trilogies.
The exhibition presents a trio of trilogies: alongside Bunger are Sydney duo (now New York) Soda_Jerk, who are showing their
Dark Matter series, while Melbourne artist Willoh S. Weiland is represented by her Space Trilogy.
Dark Matter (2005-12) takes the form of “seance fiction” where encounters are staged between the past and future selves of a deceased screen star.
Space Trilogy (2008-2015) investigates the relationship between art and outer space. Forever Now, the final work from the trilogy, is a collection of works created to communicate to outer space, with contributions from 118 countries.
The exhibition is open until March 15 during gallery hours, 11am-5pm, Wednesday to Sunday. More details are at www.thesubstation.org.au
– with The Age
