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Contesting colonial (hi)stories: (Post)colonial imaginings of South East Asia (2020)
Journal Article
Supartono, A., & Moschovi, A. (2020). Contesting colonial (hi)stories: (Post)colonial imaginings of South East Asia. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies, 51(3), 343-371. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0022463420000508

This article seeks to explore the impact of digital technologies upon the material, conceptual and ideological premises of the colonial archive in the digital era. This analysis is pursued though a discussion of creative work produced during an inter... Read More about Contesting colonial (hi)stories: (Post)colonial imaginings of South East Asia.

Cultural antinomies, creative complicities: Agan Harahap's digital hoaxes (2019)
Book Chapter
Moschovi, A., & Supartono, A. (2019). Cultural antinomies, creative complicities: Agan Harahap's digital hoaxes. In H. Lewi, W. Smith, S. Cooke, & D. vom Lehn (Eds.), The Routledge International Handbook of New Digital Practices in Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums and Heritage Sites (227-240). Routledge

The chapter explores how creative repurposing of networked photographs and online interactivity may open new channels and networks for the critical re-evaluation of mainstream culture and subcultures, identity politics, history and power structures.... Read More about Cultural antinomies, creative complicities: Agan Harahap's digital hoaxes.

From Singapore with Nature. (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Supartono, A., Renhui, R. Z., Ang, S. N., Marvin, T., & Woong, S. T. From Singapore with Nature. Exhibited at Thessalonika, Greece. 28 September 2018 - 27 January 2019

In this year’s Thessaloniki PhotoBiennale 2018, the central exhibition entitled “Capitalist Realism“, which is structured in two large sections, at the Thessaloniki Museum of Photography and the Contemporary Art Center of Thessaloniki, is curated by... Read More about From Singapore with Nature..

From Singapore with Nature (2018)
Book Chapter
Supartono, A. (2018). From Singapore with Nature. In Capitalist Realism: Future Perfect, Past Continuous (200-211)

In 1819, when Stamford Raffles decided to turn the small fishing island at the Malacca strait into a trading port of British East India company, the future of Singapore was sealed.  Highly influenced by then the admirable Adam Smith and David Ricardo... Read More about From Singapore with Nature.

One and Three Discs (after Kosuth) (2018)
Physical Artefact
Holmes, P. One and Three Discs (after Kosuth). [Gallery exhibition]. Valletta, Malta

Super 8 film, DVD, audio recording, screen, speaker

It is over 50 years since Joseph Kosuth’s conceptual work One and Three Chairs challenged its viewer to locate the “real” by choosing between an object & its visual or textual representations. Re... Read More about One and Three Discs (after Kosuth).

Time Machine. In Simply Beaming (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. Time Machine. In Simply Beaming. Exhibited at HOPE, Engaru, Hokkaido, Japan. 14 June 2018 - 15 June 2018

This group exhibition of moving image works from members of the artist-run Edinburgh gallery, Embassy, toured venues across Japan and included video work "Time Machine".

Curated by Ed Compson and Oisín Gallagher.

Gastric Tones. In Response Installations and New Media (2018)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. Gastric Tones. In Response Installations and New Media. Exhibited at Gem Cinema, Entally, Kolkata, India. 28 January 2018 - 28 February 2018

A group show as part of CIMA Gallery's 25 year celebrations, featured sound installation "Gastric Tones".

Curated by Manas Acharya.

Various works. In Films by Paul Holmes (solo programme) (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. Various works. In Films by Paul Holmes (solo programme). Exhibited at Theatre for Experiments in New Technologies, Kolkata, India. 10 December 2017

A retrospective programme of film works: "These Measures are for Your Protection", "The Persistence of Vision" and "Time Machine", screening as part of the Little Cinema International Film Festival.

Curator: Maduja Mukherjee

Gastric Tones [audio installation] (2017)
Digital Artefact
Holmes, P. (2017). Gastric Tones [audio installation]. [Gallery exhibition]

Audio recording and acrylic speakers.

In his previous sound works, Paul Holmes has captured and transformed recordings of the human voice; this is the first piece that makes use of involuntary human noises. To create this installation, the artist... Read More about Gastric Tones [audio installation].

Gastric Tones: A Study in Sound (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2017, November). Gastric Tones: A Study in Sound. Presented at Cumulus conference Bengaluru 2017 – Letters to the Future

In this sound installation, the artist plays back stomach noises recorded before and after a meal, at 1/100th of their normal speed. Douglas Gordon discovered hidden performative meaning in his extreme slow-motion “24 Hour Psycho” (1993). Similarly... Read More about Gastric Tones: A Study in Sound.

Storm Piece by Paul Holmes (solo show) (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. Storm Piece by Paul Holmes (solo show). Exhibited at Galleria Wagner, Ericeira, Portugal. 24 July 2017 - 6 August 2017

A solo exhibition in Ericeira, Portuguese surf capital of Europe, featuring the wave and weather-themed sound installation, "Storm Piece"

Temporal Sculptures: Beyond Narrative in the Moving Image (2017)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2017, June). Temporal Sculptures: Beyond Narrative in the Moving Image. Paper presented at Troubling Time: An Exploration of Temporality in the Arts

Despite their growing presence in galleries, screen-based artworks present conceptual and theoretical challenges that have yet to be fully met (Mondloch, 2007). Extended films containing fictional or documentary narrative often feature in these spac... Read More about Temporal Sculptures: Beyond Narrative in the Moving Image.

Ballygunge Phari and Storm Piece. In Life and Time: The Changing Landscape (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. Ballygunge Phari and Storm Piece. In Life and Time: The Changing Landscape. Exhibited at Academy of Fine Arts, Kolkata, India. 22 March 2017 - 29 March 2017

The annual show from the Chander Haat artists collective included a number of invited artists from around the world. The group exhibition featured the video "Ballygunge Phari" and sound work "Storm Piece".

Curated by Probir Gupta.

The History of Boys, the MES 56 and Beyond: A survey of Contemporary Photography in Indonesia (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Supartono, A. The History of Boys, the MES 56 and Beyond: A survey of Contemporary Photography in Indonesia. Exhibited at Singapore. 17 March 2017 - 23 April 2017

This inaugural show of “Crossing SEA”, a series of research-based Southeast Asia photographic exhibitions, DECK presented one of the most successful and enduring photography collective in the region: the MES 56 of Yogyakarta, curated by Dr. Alexander... Read More about The History of Boys, the MES 56 and Beyond: A survey of Contemporary Photography in Indonesia.

Ballygunge Phari. In Shifting Narratives - a multidisciplinary art project (2017)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. Ballygunge Phari. In Shifting Narratives - a multidisciplinary art project. Exhibited at Gem Cinema, Entally, Kolkata, India. 4 February 2017 - 12 February 2017

An exhibition forming part of the Kolkata Art Festival, this group show of multimedia artists included video work "Ballygunge Phari".

Curated by Manas Acharya

Ballygunge Phari [HD video] (2017)
Digital Artefact
Holmes, P. (2017). Ballygunge Phari [HD video]. [Gallery exhibition]

HD Video, black and white, silent.

Named after one of South Kolkata's busiest intersections, this work captures the roaming inhabitants of the city, and its relentless streams of traffic, and creates a shadowplay.

The men and women of Kolkata,... Read More about Ballygunge Phari [HD video].

The Persistence of Vision. In Azimuth Sound/Image (2016)
Exhibition / Performance
Holmes, P. The Persistence of Vision. In Azimuth Sound/Image. Exhibited at Centre for Contemporary Arts, Glasgow, Scotland. 7 December 2016 - 11 December 2016

A showing of works by Scottish and Japanese artists, including video work "The Persistence of Vision"

Curated by Katarzyna Kosmala and Kumiko Kushiyama.

Uncovering Music through Silence: "Outside the Box" by Paul Holmes (2016)
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Holmes, P. (2016, December). Uncovering Music through Silence: "Outside the Box" by Paul Holmes. Presented at Azimuth Sound/Image

Paul Holmes speaks about "Outside the Box", his silent video portrait of composer and guitarist Haftor Medboe's jazz quartet.

Franki Raffles at the 1st St Andrews Photography Festival (2016)
Exhibition / Performance
Scott, A. Franki Raffles at the 1st St Andrews Photography Festival. Exhibited at Old Union Coffee Shop, North Street, St Andrews. 1 August 2016 - 11 September 2016

An exhibition of selected images from the Franki Raffles Archive Research project curated by Alistair Scott.