Mike Parr

Pushing a Camera over a Hill

stephen — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 14:08:26 +0000

23 November 1971

Video

PUSHING A CAMERA OVER A HILL (A work for videotape)

23 November 1971

Sydney

NSW

Australia

Self-Circle on Sand - No.1

stephen — Mon, 04 Jul 2011 14:29:34 +0000

23 November 1971 – 7 December 1971

Video

SELF-CIRCLE ON SAND No.1. (a work for video. From. . '20 SELF-CIRCLES. . PROGRAMMES & INVESTIGATIONS '71')

Video Tapes at Inhibodress

stephen — Tue, 10 May 2011 02:49:44 +0000

23 November 1971 – 7 December 1971

Group Exhibition

Over two evenings in late 1971, Mike Parr and Peter Kennedy presented 80 minutes of video tapes they had made over the previous months. These were recordings of performances of "art by instruction" in which the artist went about performing a task that may have put them under extreme pressure or may have put the audience under duress. The recordings were originally made and presented with an Akai 1/4" b&w video portapak which did not produce particuyalry good results.

Sydney

Other works

Susan Owens, “Mike and Peter feel they have art taped” Sunday Telegraph Magazine, 28 November 1971. n.p. Notes the claim of the first exhibition of videotapes in a gallery in Australia.

Laurie Thomas, “Today we shall gaze into a blank screen”, The Australian, 31 November 1971, n.p. Slightly scathing review of Parr and Kennedy’s video performance works.

Robert Drewe, “Exhibition in videotape”, The Australian, 23 November 1971, n.p.

NSW

Australia