Assuming that video art is an art form which refers to and reflects the object produced by the camera, one cannot help but wonder how this form of art can still exist and thrive when these same references and reflections drift off into the temporary and arbitrary and dissolve within the limitless space of possibilities.
Considering its relatively short history, one might call video art the self-deconstruction of a not yet matured form of art.
The international exhibition of video art and photography "Sky" actually consists of two distinct parts: the German show "Looking at the Big Sky" which is presented by the Goethe-Institut and the exhibition “Overclocking” which is organised by the museum of the Art Academy Nanjing. Both parts of the exhibition will focus on contemporary international experimentation in the field of video art. At the same time, they aim to initiate an
About the exhibition
Duration: May 6-23, 2014
Venue: Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts Halle 4
Opening: May 6, 2014, 15:00
Organisers: Goethe - Institut China, Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts
Partner: Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln, Akademie der Bildenden Künste München, Institut für Medien an der Kunstakademie Nanjing, Institut für Film und Fernsehen an der Kunstakademie Nanjing
Exhibition "Looking at the Big Sky"
Curator: Renate Buschmann, Stiftung imai, Düsseldorf
Participating Artists: Fabian Driehorst, Frédéric Schuld, Stefan Wald, Hannah Hummel, Bianca Kennedy, Alwin Lay, Henning Frederik Maiz, Kevin Pawel Matweew, Anna-Lena Meisenberg, Maximilian Wagner, Anna Sokolova, Marko Schiefelbein, Julia Charlotte Richter, Jens Pecho, Lucie Mercadal
Parallel Exhibition "Overclocking"
Curator: Wang Yamin
Artists and collectives: Douglas Lewis (Kanada), Sheng Jianfeng (China), Li Dandan (China), x1 DP (China), Ash Moniz (Kanada), Chen Jie (China), Ian Alden Russell (USA/die Türkei), Moveable Accurate (Projekt, Dänemark)
Courtesy of the artists and Art Museum of Nanjing University.
