TIME IS LOVE4

Video Art International Exhibition

Curated by Kisito Assangni

CACT Centro d’Arte Contemporanea Ticino

Saturday 22 Janury 2011 at 5:00 p.m.

TIME IS LOVE is an annual exhibition of single-screen and projectable videos from an international selection of artists. It takes place at a gallery, art centre, museum, university in different cities in the world by edition.

Time is Love presents approximately fifteen works made in the last three years by artists active around the world. This exhibition explores the idea of love in these hard times and socio-cultural interference, the way in which technology and society give rise to new forms of artistic expression by using the new media.

For those who think ‘time is money ’, time is love. This is the theme according to the artists’ references. The exhibition aims to consider the work of these artists as part of the global phenomenon that is contemporary art, and asks the audience to reflect upon how the time that led to the production of these works was formed.

The project wishes to support and promote the new movements and trends in contemporary culture. It presents video artists who try to transform society through their work. Art that transgresses boundaries of culture and provide a resource of visual ideas.

It is a showcasing opportunity for emerging and established artists who are pushing the elements of video and moving image practice. It is also an opportunity for audiences to engage with video works by gaining greater understanding and enjoyment.

The selected videos are innovative works which use technology in ingenious way with narrative, non-narrative, documentary, animation, performance or experimental.

ARTISTS IN THE EXHIBITION

Vienne Chan (China) weaves together different themes but all strive towards an independence from the social constructs of natural language through her video and performance. She has shown her work at Neurotitan Galerie, Berlin; El Museo del Barrio, New York; Ivazion Space, Geneva; Loop, Barcelona...

Jennida Chase (USA) is an electronic artist who combines several aspects of media-based art, ranging from film, video, animation, sound and photography. Her work has been shown in many exhibitions, including the Pratt Institute, New York; Harold Golen Gallery, Miami; Anderson Gallery, Richmond; DC Shorts Film Festival, Washington DC.

Osvaldo Cibils (Uruguay/Italy) is a visual and sound creator artist. His work is mainly oriented towards video installation, photography, drawing and sound. His works have been selected for the inclusion in the Havana Biennial, Cuba; Festival Version, Cologne; Museo de Arte Moderno, Buenos Aires; Museum of Contemporary Art, Yucatan (Mexico).

Martin Dege (Germany) is an artist teacher using video and installation. His work is unpredictable, but almost always incorporates an undeniable reference to its immediate surroundings through its realisation. Solo exhibitions and many participations in group exhibitions at KunstMuseum, Bonn; Museum Fridericianum, Kassel; KulturPalast, Berlin; VideoFenster, Basel.

Kokou Ekouagou (Togo/China)'s practice encompasses video and photography, installation and painting to reflect on the classifications and constructs of everyday reality. He has shown his work at Saatchi Gallery, London; Galerie Lucrèce, Paris; Happy Hours, Milan; Raffles Institute, Shanghai.

Pauline Horovitz (France) studied at National School in Decorative Arts, Paris. She is director of experimental documentary and short film. Her work has been screened in numerous venues, including the Musée d'Art & d'Histoire de Judaisme, Paris; Galerie Eponyme, Bordeaux; Documenta, Madrid; Biennale de l'Image en mouvement, Geneva.

Neil Howe (Australia) works in the area of digital imaging, video and photography. His evocative images can both shock and enchant with their surreal abstractions reminiscent of organic and inorganic elements found in the natural world. He has exhibited at Heide Museum of Art, Melbourne; Ceramic Museum, Lisbon; Casoria Art Museum, Naples; Center for Digital Art, Los Angeles.

Karen Landey (USA) is a collage artist and video producer. She uses these passions to explore the mysterious realm of dreams and visions. She has shown her works at Directors Lounge, Berlin; Salisbury University, Salisbury, MD; Diva Center, Eugene, OR; Portland Theater, OR.

Lemeh42 (Italy) are a couple of artists working with digital animation and illustration. Their works have been presented at Art Basel Miami, Galleria L'Ariete, Bologna; Bronx Art Space, New York; G-A-S Station, Berlin.

Rachel Maclean (UK) attended the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Her works across different disciplines such as video, performance, drawing. She has participated in many international exhibitions at Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; A Foundation, London; Embassy Gallery, Edinburgh; Projection Gallery, Toronto.

Adamo Macri (Canada) is a multimedia artist creating a body of work that placed importance on a negative space. He has presented works at AFA Gallery, Beijing; Guildford Lane Gallery, Melbourne; Ceramic Museum, Calda-da-Rainha (Portugal); Galerie Younique, Paris.

Kika Nikolela (Brazil) graduated of Cinema and video from the UCLA-University of California, Los Angeles. Her artworks articulate between the boundaries of the pictorial and the corporeal. Her work has been widely exhibited at different venues such as the MIS Museum, Sao Paolo (Brazil); Gallery Scala, Berlin; Monkeytown, New York; Randall Scott Gallery, Washington DC.

Antti Savela (Sweden) places an emphasis on relationships between identity, music and enjoyment with a poetical touch through video and sound. Many exhibitions at Today Art Museum, Beijing; Centre Pompidou, Paris; The Gallery, London; House of the World Cultures, Berlin.

Guy Wouete (Cameroon/Netherlands) creates video, installation and photography exploring themes of social criticism and the questions of immigration in the age of globalization. His works were exhibited at ifa-Galerie, Berlin & Stuttgart; SBK Galerie23, Amsterdam; World Bank, Washington DC; Modern Art Museum, Medellin, Colombia.

Kisito Assangni (Togo/UK)'s artworks question post-globalization impact and psycho-geography. He has exhibited in a number of locations across the world: Institute of Contemporary Arts, London; Musée des Arts Derniers, Paris; Monkdogz Gallery, New York; New Art Projects, Beijing.

ABOUT THE CURATOR

Kisito Assangni, born in 1975 studied at Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He is an artist and independent curator currently living between London and Paris. His artwork and projects primarily question post-globalization impact and psycho-geography. His works have been shown internationally, including the Musée des Arts Derniers, Paris; ICA, London; Sikkema Jenkins & Co, New York; The Illinois Institute of Art, Chicago; French Institute, Washington DC; Bluetenweiss, Berlin; New Art Projects, Beijing (China); Bell-Roberts Gallery, Cape Town (South Africa).

He is the founder and curator of Time is Love screening.

Time is Love has presented more than 50 international artists;

Time is Love 1, Galerie Octobre, Paris (2008), Time is Love 2, Studio1.1 Gallery, London (2009), Time is Love 3, Werk-Raum, Berlin (2010), Time is Love 4, CACT Centro d’Arte Contemporanea Ticino (2011), Time is Love 5, Heyagon Space, Baltimore (2011).

Founder/Curator: Kisito Assangni

Coordinator: Annabelle Boko

Kisito Assangni

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