EXPERIMENTA PLAYGROUND

25 August to 23 September 2007
the Arts Centre, BlackBox, Melbourne

:: interactive artworks
:: video installations
:: short films
:: extreme art on screen

A total of 44,043 visitors experienced the exhibition over the 4 weeks.

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BABY LOVE TOUR

The Arts Centre BlackBox, Melbourne :: 25 Aug - 23 Sep
CarriageWorks, Sydney :: 1 Oct - 2 Nov
Awesome Festival, Perth :: 16 - 25 Nov

Thousands of people young and old enjoyed riding in giant coloured teacups beside cloned silicon babies crooning love songs. Shu Lea Cheang’s captivating interactive artwork premiered in Melbourne and then travelled to Sydney’s new home for contemporary arts, CarriageWorks, and to WA Museum, Perth as part of the Awesome Festival.

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EXPERIMENTA VANISHING POINT

Australian National Tour 2007
The groundbreaking tour continued to 4 cities and regional centres. Since 2005 the exhibition comprising innovative media art and short videos by Australian and International artists has been embraced by a total of 122,208 people.

Adelaide, Ipswich, Gold Coast, Albury

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EXPERIMENTA AT THE SOFITEL
10 August - 23 September 2007

Sofitel Melbourne showcased a selection of Experimenta’s unique interactive media art in the hotel lobby.

Zizi the Afffectionate Couch and The Shy Picture featured with video works by Hiraki Sawa and June Bum Park.

FESTIVAL PARIS QUARTIER D’ETE

Experimenta curated a program of short video works by Australian video artists for the Australia International Cultural Council’s (AICC) 2007 Evening of Australian Cinema in Paris in July. The outdoor screening was staged in Parc André Citroen in the centre of Paris.

The videos shown were:
Tangara, Shaun Gladwell
Slow Service, Marcus Lyall
Camouflage 1; Penny Cain
Elevator No.4, Daniel Crooks
Pataphysical Man, Shaun Gladwell
Train No. 8, Daniel Crooks.

MOVE ON ASIA 2007

Video Art Touring Exhibition
Premiere: Galllery Loop, Seoul South Korea
9 November - 7 December 2007

Experimenta was invited by the prestigious Gallery Loop in Seoul, South Korea to curate the works of two contemporary media artists into a program focussing on the visual aesthetics and technology of Video Art.

Liz Hughes and Caroline Farmer were among 17 curators from Japan, Korea, China, Singapore, India, Indonesia, Hong Kong and Australia participating in this array of video works from a range of emerging and established artists.