ON EXHIBITION @ The Centre Beaudesert

Physical Video features video art drawn from the Queensland Art Gallery’s Collection. While thematically diverse, these vibrant and thought-provoking works demonstrate how artists use physical gestures and actions to illustrate social, political and aesthetic concerns.

Some works, such as James Oram’s with Feeling the burn 2006, use direct-to-camera performance to explore risk, endurance and transformation, while Gymnasium 2010 by Tarryn Gill and Pilar Mata Dupont questions ideas of physical perfection alongside Australian national identity.

A work by Jun Nguyen-Hatsushiba, finds rickshaw drivers dragging their pedal carts across the seabed to symbolise the struggle of refugees in postwar Vietnam, and Donghee Koo deconstructs of the children’s game cat’s cradle to explore conscious and unconscious forms of play.

‘Physical Video’ is a touring exhibition developed by the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.

Point of View showcases digital and new media works by Scenic Rim and visiting artists, students and young filmmakers, which explore local stories and perspectives on life. It includes Home and Monuments Public Art and a story sharing project by Craig Walsh.

Home Public Art and story sharing projection was premiered during Arts Ablaze Regional Conference and Festival, Kooralbyn in 2019. Home features video portraits of Scenic Rim residents talking about their perceptions of home which were projected onto surfaces created and existing in specific environments. 

Over the last 30 years, Australian artist, Craig Walsh, has become widely known for his pioneering works including innovative approaches to projection mapping in unconventional sites. His site-responsive works have animated natural environments and structures such as trees, rivers and mountains, as well as public art projects in urban and architectural spaces.

Point of View also features a collection of short films by young Queensland filmmakers including Gabriel Murphy and student filmmakers from Beaudesert State High School. 

Also featured is a collection of projection assemblage works by Boonah State High School Visual Art students exploring current social issues and topics important to youth and society through the theme, 'Opinion'. 

These short films and projection assemblages are engaging and captivating perspectives on life and our world.