ultraviolet has been a team effort- Edwina Bartleme (guest curator); Jane Doyle (project manager), and Beth Porter (arts assistant). The contribution and support of Artworks' start Beth Jackson (curator & acting director); Kath Kerswell (art collection manager); Brona Keenan and Shannon Schmidt (exhibitions assistants); Barbara Smith (special project coordinator), and volunteer Hans van Diesi, are also acknowledged with appreciation. Griffith Artworks wishes to thank the following for their assistance: Bruce Hodsdon, Tim Mather and Sharon Leh (State Library of Queensland) Susi Blackwell and Mick Hawkins (Office of Community Services, Griffith University)
Trish FitzSimons and Claire Fletcher (School of Film, Media & Cultural Studies, Grirfith University) Linda Phillips (Information Technology Services, Griffith University) The Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council.
Gender and sexuality in experimental short videos from the Griffith University Art Collection.
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a rare screening of experimental short video and electronic media works from the Giffith University Art Collection.
This program foregrounds diverse gender and sexuality themes, with a focus on queer identities, offering alternative representations and aesthetics to those in conventional films. Films introduced by Edwina Bartleme, ultraviolet curator. This screening is the second in a series of three curated programs by Griffith Artworks during 1998.
Engaged 1994
video 8:45
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"Engaged" Is a film about 'beat sex', man
A straight forward (or 'Straight') use of
to-man sex and safe sex practices. It details the subtleties of male body language and the attraction of anonymous sex.
video (that is, real-time documentation) to record a 'queer' performance.
Diana LEACH Brief secrets1993
video from JS mm film 7:00
► Deb VERHOEVEN & Amree HEWITT
Franscesca DA RIMINI & Josephine STARRS
Pucker up 1991
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shot on super 8, completed on video
video with stereo sound 9:27 MWhile" studies connections between concepts of madness, the female body, lesbianism, and the sense of estrangement ensuing from institutionalisation.
10:00
MPucker up" is a deadly humorous view of the consequences when lips collide • on the street and on celluloid. Philip (Sunday) HOPKINS, Michael CARNE & Shane C ARNE Back to the happy ever after 1993 video 18:00
A comic send-up of film noir, 8-Grade Hollywood 'thrillers', referencing the 'camp' and kitsch character of these Films_ Barry McKAY Faggots are for burning 1996 u-matic lowband, DAT sound 9:45
An intertextual film exploring the impact
Christian fundamentalism and institutionalised homophobia have on the status and self-esteem of individuals identifying as 'queer', especially gay men.
Linda DEMENT Art rage1994
(from Artrage: the compilation video) video 0:43 "Art rage" is a provocative short film which expresses the anger many women feel after being raped. It is one of twenty-one short films from "Artrage: artworks for television", which screened on "Rage", the ABC's music program, in 1994.
Martina PALOMBI
Projection 1993 video
A highly stylised documentary about the role underwear plays in different people's personal and social lives.
Penny McDOWELL & Tim SLADE
Link1994 video, shot on super 8 and Hi-8, completed on Beta SP
8:45
Sniff movie1996
"Link" reworks traditional notions of the family, offering the viewer alternative and diverse interpretations of the family. It emphasises the importance of inclusion, acceptance and support in the development of a sense of family.
(from Artrage: artworks from television) video
Linda DEMENT
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This film uses the artist's body to address the ambivalence shown towards women's bodies and se,Xualities in society, foregrounding ob�essions with body odour, body hair and forbi�den erotica, in an ironic way. Robyn WEBSTER
Korper1995
video 6:oo Robyn Webster's "Korper" is a seductive work which traces surfaces of skin and other intimate textures relating to the body, to blur the boundaries between interior and exterior spaces.
CyberHesh girlmonster 1996 CD Rom This interactive CD Rom work references various mythological, theoretical, scientific and personal texts, exploring the shirting parameters around ideas of gender, sexuality, and bodies. Works acquired with the assistance of the Commonwealth Government through the Australia Council, its arts funding and advisory body. ► Gift of the artist
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ultraviolet is curated by Edwina Bartleme.
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