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Your Boat My Scenic Personality of Space

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Your Boat My Scenic Personality of Space

  • Artist

    Justene Williams

  • Production Date

    2012

  • Medium

    2 channel video, colour, sound

  • Size

    120 x 80 mm

  • Credit

    Chartwell Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, purchased 2012

  • Accession Number

    C2012/1/35.1-2

  • Accession Date

    08 Nov 2012

  • Department

    International Art

  • Classification

    Audiovisual

  • Collection

    Chartwell

  • Chartwell Notes

    Your Boat My Scenic Personality of Space was made for and exhibited at, Queensland Art Gallery/GoMA in Julie Ewington's "Contemporary Australia: Women" exhibition in 2012.


    "Known for an aesthetic that the artist describes as ‘baroque grunge’, Williams’s recent works have become increasingly elaborate combinations of video post-production, sound and lighting. Energetic and seemingly chaotic, Williams’s fantastic performance videos are extravagant, highly-considered and immensely enjoyable. For ‘Contemporary Australia: Women’, Williams presents two works that dance in a kind of dialogue, (including) Your boat my scenic personality of space, displayed on two large screens, shows two performers  involved in what Williams calls a ‘lovers’ discourse’. They are shown pulling on ropes and tying themselves up in knots, performing a fan dance and engaging a water pistol battle." QAG website.

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