Face Value: Video Portraiture from the Pacific
- When 15 Apr - 14 May 2005
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Where
IVAN DOUGHERTY GALLERY
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Address
SELWYN ST, PADDINGTON NSW 2021
The genesis for 'Face Value' came from a desire to present works that explore a range of representations of identity through the moving image. Our intention is to investigate visual manifestations of identity at a time when digital technology is accessible to the majority rather than a specialist minority. The geographic specificity of the work selected is, in part, a logistical concern as well as an acknowledgment of shared and disparate regional interests. The exhibition represents a selection of new media practitioners who live and work in the Pacific region, whose work is defined in this exhibition as ‘portraiture’.
Artists
Vernon Ah Kee
Denis Beaubois
John Gillies
Lyndal Jones
Janet Merewether
James Pinker + Mark McClean
Rachael Rakena
David Rosetzky
Sheyne Tuffery
Jim Vivieaere + Jefferson Belt
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Curated by Rilka Oakley and Annabel Pegus
Touring to Brisbane and New Zealand. Sponsored by Creative New Zealand.

Public Program
Symposium
2pm, Friday 15th April in the COFA Lecture Theatre, EGO2
Speakers include Ross Gibson and artists Denis Beaubois, John Gillies,
James Pinker, Rachel Rakena & Sheyne Tuffery.
Title Image: James Pinker + Mark McClean, South video documentation 01/02, 2003, stills from video
Banner Images: Denis Beaubois Constant 2004 stills from video
Install Image: Installation view, 'Face Value', Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney, 2005.