Afterimage: New Media Art in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan

Research

Afterimage: New Media Art in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan is on display at Arts West Gallery from 27 March to 23 June 2023. This exhibition showcases Art History and Screen and Cultural Studies research from the Faculty of Arts School of Culture and Communication.

Further research resources related to this exhibition are listed below.

China

WU Meichun, Image as Phenomenon: The Curatorial Statement, 1996. Francesco dal Lago Archive. Courtesy of Wu Meichun and Asia Art Archive.

Kim Machan, 'On curating media art between China and Australia since the 1990s'. Originally published in Zhang Peili: From Painting to Video 张培力: 从绘画到录像, Olivier Krischer (ed.), Acton, ACT: ANU Press, 2019, pp. 127-141. English Language Version

Kim Machan, 'On curating media art between China and Australia since the 1990s'. Originally published in Zhang Peili: From Painting to Video 张培力: 从绘画到录像, Olivier Krischer (ed.), Acton, ACT: ANU Press, 2019, pp. 143-153. Chinese Language Version

Katherine Grube, 'Image and Phenomena: The Development of Video Art in China, 1988 to 1998'. Originally published in Asia Art Archive.  Online version.

Hong Kong

S.N. Ko, 'Hong Kong Independent Shorts'. Originally published in i-Generations - Independent, Experimental and Alternative Creations from the 60s to Now, exhibition catalogue, Hong Kong Film Archive, 2001, pp. 11-17.

Ellen Pau, 'Development of Hong Kong Video Art'. Originally published in VTEXT, trial issue, 1997, pp. 54-57.

Danny Yung, 'In Search of Independence: Video Art in Hong Kong 1993'. Originally published in The Fifth Fukui International Video Biennale Exhibition catalogue, 1993.

Taiwan

'Talk Show: A discussion of the development of video art in Taiwan with Wang Jun-jieh 王俊傑 (artist), Yuan Goang-ming 袁廣鳴 (artist) and Professor Su Shou-cheng 蘇守政, in conversation with Shen Yi-ning 沉怡寧'. Originally published in Fast>>Forward: New Chinese Video Art 快鏡:中港台新錄像藝術, exhibition catalogue, CACOM Macau Contemporary Art Center, 1999, pp. 10-13

Wang Po-Wei, 'The History of Video Art in Taiwan (1983-1999) from the Perspective of Auteur Theory'. Originally published in REWIND_Video Art in Taiwan 1983-1999, 啟視錄:臺灣錄像藝術創世紀, exhibition catalogue, Kuandu Museum of Fine Arts, Taipei National University of The Arts, 2015, pp. 48-57

Exhibition contacts

For further information about the exhibition, contact exhibition curators Dr Duncan Caillard and Genevieve Trail directly via email on afterimage-exhibition@unimelb.edu.au

AfterImage_Dr Duncan Caillard and Genevieve Trail

Image: Exhibition curators Dr Duncan Caillard and PhD candidate Genevieve Trail. Photo by Drew Echberg