Critical Writing Index

TRANS PACIFIC TRANS MISSIONS. Video Art Across the Pacific

by Haema Sivanesan, Rodolfo Andaur and Kathleen Ditzig

Victoria: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 2016

ISBN 978-0-88885-377-6

Catalogue is published in conjunction with the exhibition Trans-Pacific Transmissions, organized by the AGGV and curated by Haema Sivanesan. The exhibition brought together the work of artists from around the Pacific Rim, including Canada and various parts of Asia and Latin America "to examine a broad history of trans-Pacific exchange as it has captured the imaginations of artists working in video. Anticipating the implementation of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) agreement, a free-trade agreement designed to promote 'regional economic integration', this exhibition examines how artists have researched and engaged with a long history of trans-Pacific and trans-American trade and exchange. Artists in the exhibition variously examine colonial legacies, histories and mythologies of the land and the sea, and how issues of indenture, migration, and labour have shaped ideas of diversity and belonging. This exhibition examines the human and social dimensions and implications of trans-Pacific trade as amplifying the conditions of globalization, and in the process re-organizing society inasmuch as it re-organizes wealth and economic power." [Source: taken from USC webpage.] Contains foreword, length essay by the curator and additional essays by other authors, a profile of each artist and their artwork, contributing writer's biographies and acknowledgments. The exhibition was on view at Art Gallery of Greater Victoria from June 4 to September 4, 2016.

Texts by Rodolfo Andaur, Kathleen Ditzig, Fan Chon Hoo, Sara Reisman, Sarah E.K. Smith, and Mark Williams. Edited by Haema Sivanesan.

Contents:

Forward;

Essay;

Crossing the Pacific;

Invoking a Trans-Pacific Imaginary:

Artists: David Rimmer, Bill Viola, Peter Callas, Juan Downey, Yoko Inoue, Jo Muñoz, Ho Tam, Francis Alys, Lucy Aukafolau, Clive Robertson, Superflex, The Propellor Group, Harlif Hj Mohamad, Azharr Rudin, Ho Rui An, Fiona Tan;

Contributing Writers;

Acknoledgements

ITEM 2016.044 – available for viewing in the Research Centre

Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited

The VisitSantiago Sierra

When Faith Moves MountainsFrancis Alys

IrredentoJo Muñoz

MovingJuan Downey

Global GrooveNam June Paik

Canadian Pacific IDavid Rimmer

Ancient DaysBill Viola

Kinema No YoruPeter Callas

Transmigration of the SOLDYoko Inoue

Dos Cartas/Two LettersHo Tam

When Faith Moves MountainsFrancis Alys

When Faith Moves MountainsCuauhtémoc Medina

When Faith Moves MountainsRafael Ortega

Invisible TerritoriesLucy Aukafolau

Trade Winds (Canada) LtdClive Robertson

PorcelainSuperflex

PorcelainThe Propeller Group

PaHarlif Hj Mohamad

Lebuh AgrariaAzharr Rudin

Screen GreenHo Rui An

Cloud IslandFiona Tan