IAN GIBBINS :: IMAGE PLAY - International Video Art Festival

IAN GIBBINS
(Austrália - Australia)

IAN GIBBINS - is a widely published poet, video artist and electronic musician living on Kaurna land in South Australia. His poetry has been short-listed for many national prizes and has been selected for several anthologies, including Best Australian Poems and Best Australian Science Writing. He has published four poetry collections, two of which are in collaboration with artists. His video poetry and video art have been regularly shown to acclaim at festivals, exhibitions, and installations around the world with over 60 screenings in the last two years. His audio and video work has been commissioned for several high-visibility public art programs, including the Adelaide CBD, the Adelaide Convention Centre and the Adelaide Festival Centre. Ian has collaborated widely with artists on projects bridging art and science, culminating in several major exhibitions, most recently at the 2021 Adelaide Festival, and two projects with Australian Dance Theatre. Ian has a central role managing the Adelaide Festival of Ideas and works extensively to support the Adelaide poetry and spoken word scene. Until his retirement in 2014, Ian was an internationally recognised neuroscientist and Professor of Anatomy at Flinders University, South Australia, having originally trained as a zoologist.

TÍTULO - TITLE

EPITHELIUM

DURAÇÃO - TIME

04'49''

ANO - YEAR

2021

PAÍS - COUNTRY

(Austrália - Australia)

FORMATO - FORMAT

16:9

15-1S EPITHELIUM - Ian Gibbins 1ª SESSÃO | 1st SESSION

IMAGE PLAY ► International Video Art Festival - III Edition 2021 (Funchal, Madeira - Portugal)

CREDITS:

Ian Gibbins Concept and Video.

+ Catherine Truman (original video and audio) and Angela Chappell (ophthalmic imaging)

SYNOPSIS:

EPITHELIUM: "Beyond the physics and biochemistry, we have our networks. We are enmeshed by interconnections. These are our rootstocks and tendrils; our capillaries and veins; our nerve fibres and synapses... And now there is light in our eyes and we wonder what it means, we try to determine its source..."

Created from an ophthalmic imaging device with ambient sounds from the machine and its surroundings, this is an exploration of ways of seeing and dealing with light, as implemented by visual creatures such as ourselves, and photosynthetic plants, such as bok choy.