From the viewer’s perspective, video installations can be a tricky medium to wrap your head around. The content is often obscure and indecipherable, and it’s all to easy too walk away feeling more than a little confused. However, if you’re armed with some background knowledge on the artist and their intentions, video installations can be [...]
Posts Tagged ‘video art’
Time Out (Dubai) – Mine: South African video art
Posted in News, tagged Abrie Fourie, Bridget Baker, Contemporary South African Art, Jacques Coetzer, Johan Thom, Lerato Shadi, Robin Rhode, South African art, video art on January 26, 2012 | Comments Off
Johan Thom at Iwalewa-Haus: ‘becoming, binding & disappearing’ 22 Apr – 5 Sep 2010
Posted in News, tagged becoming binding & disappearing, Dr. Ulf Vierke, installation art, Iwalewa Haus, Johan Thom, Performance art, Thorolf Lipp, Tobias Wendl, video art on April 13, 2010 | Comments Off
Iwalewa-Haus Johan Thom becoming, binding & disappearing – a selection of video works Apr 22nd – Sep 5th 2010 curated by Dr. Ulf Vierke Iwalewa Haus (The Africa Center of the University of Bayreuth) Münzgasse 9 95444 Bayreuth, Germany Tel: +49-921-554600 http://www.iwalewa.uni-bayreuth.de/ Johan Thom is a South African visual artist working with the body as [...]
Preview for ‘Johan Thom – Terrorizing the Concept of Meaning’
Posted in News, tagged Challenging Mud (After Kazuo Shiraga) 2008, Guy du Toit, Johan Thom, land art, Performance art, Sarel Petrus, South African art, Thorolf Lipp, Tobias Wendl, video art on November 9, 2009 | Comments Off
Preview for a longer film by Thorolf Lipp and Tobias Wendl from Germany about the work of South African Media Artist Johan Thom Terrorizing the Concept of Meaning Documentary about South African media artist Johan Thom Directors: Thorolf Lipp & Tobias Wendl Camera, Editing & Postproduction: Thorolf Lipp English, 45 minutes Produced by: Thorolf Lipp [...]
Panopticon – current production
Posted in News, tagged chiromancy, installation, panopticon, st Thomas, video art on December 9, 2008 | Comments Off
PANOPTICON Artist: Johan Thom Date: 2008 Medium: Installation: Video projection on mounds of salt, glass Sizes: 125 x 120 x 45 cm approx For this project I thought specifically about the notion of distance, of looking outward into space as a means of establishing a provisional locus. The exteriority of this locus is questioned and [...]
