Exhibition

Emmanuelle Antille

Emmanuelle Antille is a young, emerging Swiss installation, film, and video artist whose work looks at mental introversion, madness and the threshold between dream and reality. Carefully edited from home video footage, the pieces impress by their claustrophobic and cathartic emotional charge. Obesessive compulsive behaviour is translated by complex editing and sexual exploration.

Isabelle Hayeur

Isabelle Hayeur is a Montreal based artist who graduated with a BFA from l’Universit du Qubec Montral in 1996. Working primarily in digital photography and video, her work has been seen in various group and solo exhibitions in Qubec and Canada, and at numerous video festivals. She is a member of Perte de Signal, a media arts collective formed in 1997.

Curtis MacDonald

Curtis MacDonald was born in Kincardine, Ontario. Since graduating from the Ontario College of Art and Design, he has screened work at the Images Festival, V Tape, OCAD Video, Cabarets, Ted’s Wrecking Yard, Massey Hall, The Opera House, Cinecycle, Pleasure Dome, and the Art Gallery of Ontario. He is currently making work that is mostly experimental and humour based.

Michael Mazire

Michael Mazire was born in France and currently lives and works in London, England. He is a film/video maker and has been active in the field of artists’ film and video for twenty years. He has curated and lectured extensively, exhibited his film/video works worldwide, commissioned artists’ work, and published critical writings in numerous art publications. He is currently the director of the Lux Centre for Film, Video and Digital Art in London, England.

Jurgen Moritz

Jurgen Moritz lives in Cologne and Nantes, France. His work has been shown at numerous international festivals and exhibitions, and he is a recipient of a Prix de la Cration de Vido from the French Ministry of Culture.

Norbert Pfeffenbichler

Norbert Pfeffenbichler is an Austrian artist and curator. His video work has shown internationally in festivals and exhibitions. He is a founding member of the organization Vidok.

Jeroen Offerman

Jeroen Offerman is a Dutch video artist and a graduate of Goldsmiths College in the U.K. His work has been shown internationally, including the Museum of Installation in London, the Lisson Gallery in London, and the Netherlands Media Art Institute in Amsterdam.

Atsushi Ogata

Atsushi Ogata is a video artist from Tokyo, Japan. He is both a graduate and a former research fellow at the MIT Centre for Advanced Visual Studies. His works, including collaborations with other artists, have been screened and awarded in festivals worldwide, such as the 13th Locarno Video Festival in Switzerland, The European Media Art Festival in Osnabruck, Germany and the 5th Videonale Bonn.

Cath Prior

Cath Prior is a video artist who lives and works in the U.K.

Lisa Steele

Lisa Steele has been active in producing videotapes, critical writings, photo/text works, and performances, in addition to being a staunch supporter of anti-censorship, women’s rights, and artists’ rights. Her work has been recognized worldwide through exhibitions, awards, and publications. Since 1983, she has worked in collaboration with Kim Tomczak; the two are co-founders of V Tape and co-teach at the University of Toronto. Steele has taught at the Ontario College of Art and Design since 1981.

Jane Wright

Jane Wright began exploring the formal qualities of video in the early 1970s. She is a graduate of McGill University and completed an MA in communication at Simon Fraser University. She taught television production and media aesthetics at Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario for over fifteen years.

Featured in YYZINE: VOLUME 1, ISSUE 6