#FaunaOfMirrors: Fractured

Broken up and incomplete images communicate in a loose and ever-changing universe

Pixelated Revolution (2012) by Rabih MrouéOriginal Source: Artist Website

Venue: Govt. College of Fine Arts, Roy Chowdhry Art Gallery

The Government College of Fine Arts is the oldest art institution in India. The institution was established in 1850 by surgeon Alexander Hunter as a private art school. 

Pixelated Revolution (2012) by Rabih MrouéOriginal Source: Artist Website

Exhibiting Artists

Rabih Mroué | Lebanon
Tracey Moffatt | Australia 

Pixelated Revolution (Installation View) (2012) by Rabih Mroué'Original Source: Artist Website

Pixelated Revolution

By Rabih Mroué (Lebanon)

Pixelated Revolution is a lecture-performance about the usage of mobile phones during the Syrian revolution. This lecture aims to study the advice and direction regarding taking photographs during the events of the Syrian revolution.

Pixelated Revolution (Installation View) (2012) by Rabih Mroué'Original Source: Artist Website

This information came in via the medium of Facebook and other virtual communication tools. The author reviewed these and presented his personal interpretation of this phenomenon. Read more 

DOOMED (Installation View) (2007) by Tracey MoffattOriginal Source: Artist Website

Doomed

By Tracey Moffatt (AUS)

This video collage features depictions of doom and destruction – war, violence and terror – as they appear in cinema, one of our entertainment options. 

Film looks at both entirely fictional and reconstructed disastrous events. Each scene carries a particular cargo of references. They occupy their own unique symbolism and filmic territory – the poignant, sublime and epic, the tragic, the B-grade and downright trashy. Read more

Know more about the artists and their works at Chennai Photo Biennale website.

Click here to listen to the CPB 2019 Artist Talks.

CPB2019 Programs
CPB Foundation organised curated walks and guided tours and conducted various workshops, photo walks, artist talks, films on photography and curated projections on the beach during the 2019 Biennale.

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