Tranz<->Tech Toronto International Media Art Biennal 2003
Toronto: Vtape, 2003
This edition of Tranz<->Tech presented an array of local and international artists' and curators' work from 15 countries. This Biennal had performances, installations, screenings, exhibitions and a symposium. The works in this edition explore several themes: fear, space, cloning, ritual, technological anxiety, to name a few.
Contents: Introduction; A Blueprint For Moving Images in the 21st Century, presented by Pleasure Dome; The Colin Campbell Sessions, presented by VTape; The UK/Canadian Video Exchange 2003, co-presented by Pleasure Dome and VTape; Fear Factory, curated by Chris Gehman & Greg Woodbury; VTape Emerging Artist Award: Gareth Long, presented by VTape; Space, presented by Trinity Square Video; Laurel Swenson: Sitting. Still. A Body of Anxiety, Technology & Hope, curated by Kathleen Mullen; A Secret Ceremony, programmed by Jeremy Rigsby; Irma Optimist: Well Done, curated by Paul Couillard; Tranz Tech Student Lounge; Tranz Tech Tour: Offsite Exhibitions and Installations; Pekka Luhta: Valid-War-Invalid; Towards A New Chinese Technological Era, curated by Davide Quadrio; SOUNDplay 1; Attack of the Clones; Schedule; The Olive Project: Two Minutes for Peace and Justice; Tranz Tech Symposium: Blasted Disciplines; SOUNDplay 2; Sound Sites; Spin; Triangulation; California lemon sings a song; Flambant Vu; inside out and backwards; My Love He's in Taipei, He's Giving a Concert There; Playlist; Psychotopes; teletaxi; The Differend; The Most Beautiful Things; Participating Organizations.
ITEM 2003.174 – available for viewing in the Research Centre
Videos, Artworks and Artists Cited
Style on Skin – Johannes Zits
Seeking Grace – Sara Angelucci
My Skin, My Body – Adrian Kahgee
The Impostor (hello goodbye) – Daniel Cockburn
M-Theory – Nikki Forrest
divine – Leslie Peters
In the Theatre – Mike Hoolboom
You in love? You gonna be. – Sarah Carne
Photographic Memory – Theodore Tagholm
Backcomb – Sarah Pucill
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde – Paul Bush
Delirium – Michael Maziere
Snow Farm – Sheridan Shindruk
Heaven – Jack Lauder (with Lloyd Brandson)
Le Beau Jacques – Stephane Thibault
The Numerology of Fear – Janine Machessault
Pellet – Bug's Film Makers
Hostage: The Bachar Tapes – Walid Ra'ad & Souheil Bachar
Terror, Iraq, Weapons – Mike Nourse
Condomini – Lise Brin & Jason Van Horne
Micro-cities Revisited – Janis Demkiw & Emily Hogg
Untitled – Dara Gellman & Leslie Peters
Four Walls – Paige Gratland
Home Bitter-Sweet Home – Dorit Naaman
Haunted – Ho Tam
Motherfuckers – Laurel Swenson
Fistfull – Laurel Swenson
How to be a recluse (7 easy steps) – Laurel Swenson
Listless – Laurel Swenson
Swing – Laurel Swenson
Webbed – Laurel Swenson
Window – Laurel Swenson
Cherry – Laurel Swenson
Messiah College: Foundation – Pawel Kruk
Language Lessons – Jeanne C. Finely & John Muse
Conundrum – Cane CapoVolto
Hierophanie – Mikio Okado
Open – Wu Ershan
Untitled – Zhao Liang
Sorrow Spaces Going Towards the Night – Chen Xianyun
Shouting – Xu Zhen
A Line With a Cough – Lu Chunsheng
Hi, in the Backyard, Sun is Rising – Yang Fudong
Untitled – Kan Xuan
Happening on the Occasion of the Shanghai Biennale (documentary of the event) – Fang Mingzhen and Fang Mingzhu
and her mind moves upon silence – Vivienne Spiteri and Amnon Wolman
Aparenthesi – John Oswald
Sitestream – David Gelb
Placelines – Tom Leonhardt
GoodWater – Rene Meshake
North South East West – Graham Thompson
La Bulle (The Bubble) – Bertrand Gadenne
Portraits. Play-back – Rebecca Bournigault
Portraits. Vetements – Rebecca Bournigault
Salle de projection (Projection Room) – Natacha Nisic