Mirror Worlds

Mirror Worlds

17 March–15 April 200617 Mar–15 Apr 2006

Mirror Worlds showcases the work of Asian video artists who interrogate the constant stream of moving images we habitually turn to for news, entertainment, and information: Heman Chong and Corinna Kniffki (Singapore/Berlin), Junebum Park (Korea), Wit Pimkanchanapong (Thailand), Rashid Rana (Pakistan), Sharmila Samant (India), Chen Shaoxiong (China), and Kiran Subbaiah (India). In Junebum Park’s works, giant hands appear to operate heavy engineering vehicles, park cars, and affix ads to building facades—an omnipotent sandpit fantasy. Chen Shaoxiong’s Anti-Terrorism Variety is equally miraculous, as high-tech skyscrapers in Shanghai and Guangzhou use a diversity of strategies to avoid or repel incoming 9/11 missile-aeroplanes. Curated by Zoe Butt and Bec Dean. A joint project with the Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney.

The Institute of Modern Art acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land upon which the IMA now stands, the Jagera, Yuggera, Yugarapul, and Turrbal people. We offer our respect to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people as the first artists of this country. In the spirit of allyship, the IMA will continue to work with First Nations people to celebrate, support, and present their immense past, present, and future contribution to artistic practice and cultural expression.

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