Up to and including... Deep Water/Aqua Profunda. One of Australia's foremost multidisciplinary artists, Lyndal Jones was chosen by the Australia Council as the sole Australian exhibitor at the 2001Biennale of Venice. This exhibition will be complimented by a number of earlier works by Jones including The Prediction Pieces (1981-1991) drawn from the MCA's Contemporary Art Archive, and From the Darwin Translations: Spitfire 1 2 3 (1996).
Direct from the 49th Biennale of Venice, Lyndal
Jones' multi-screen video installation Deep
Water/Aqua Profunda opens for the first time outside
of Venice at the Museum of Contemporary Art on
December 5, 2001.
One of Australia¹s foremost multidisciplinary artists,
Lyndal Jones was chosen by the Australia Council as
the sole Australian exhibitor at the 2001Biennale of
Venice.
Jones¹ work Deep Water/Aqua Profunda was created
specifically for the Australian pavilion at the
Biennale and will form the basis of her exhibition at
the MCA. This exhibition will be complimented by a
number of earlier works by Jones including The
Prediction Pieces (1981-1991) drawn from the MCA¹s
Contemporary Art Archive, and From the Darwin
Translations: Spitfire 1 2 3 (1996).
Based on footage shot in Venice and on Sydney
Harbour, the five large video projections of Deep
Water/Aqua Profunda blend a collage of voices in
English and Italian with layers of sound and images,
drawing parallels between Venetian canals and the
activity of Sydney¹s Circular Quay. The work depicts
a meshing of languages and cultures, and examines
the watery images that link Venice and Sydney, two
cities dependant on ferries and vaporetti.
Following the MCA show Deep Water/Aqua Profunda
will open at the Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery,
University of Western Australia on 7 February 2002.
Image: Lyndal Jones Deep Water/Aqua Profunda (detail) 2001 multi-screen video and sound installation
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