A – Anita Holtsclaw
EXHIBITION DATES: 12 MARCH – 1 APRIL 2011
OPENING: FRIDAY 11 MARCH 6pm
ARTIST TALK: SATURDAY 12 MARCH 4pm
Anita Holtsclaw A, digital production still, 2011. Image courtesy the artist.
About the exhibition
Constructs of female gendered identity and narrative are explored within A through the re-performance of cinematic devices. This re-performance attempts to address notions of spectatorship, specifically the idea of women serving to halt the narrative within specific filmic genres. Additionally the work looks at the role of the artist/auteur and what it means when it is a female rather than a male gaze that is writing, directing and filming the work. A aims to explore the spaces that exist between the gallery and the cinema, in an effort to represent notions of femininity that exist between and throughout the varied spaces of film and art.