ARTISTS
Light Years: 1999 - 2019
Photography and photographers have always been great adapters to technological advancement. They have had to move at speed to keep up with constantly evolving benchmarks for capturing and presenting their work. Light Years is attuned to this sensibility, whilst nodding also to the rapid acceleration of the market for contemporary photo media over the last decade.
In the years prior to the launch of the iPhone in 2007, the international art market for contemporary photography could be counted in single digit percentages. Today, at least 50% of all contemporary secondary market offerings are photo media. This Light Years exhibition, the first of its kind in Australia, will provide an additional gravitational slingshot to further accelerate this prodigious growth and development.
Outside of photography artists have begun to experiment with the visual and sensory effects of artificial light over the last 25 years. Often taking their cues from the theatre, these pioneering works included dynamic whole environment light displays which directly involved the viewer.
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Photography and photographers have always been great adapters to technological advancement. They have had to move at speed to keep up with constantly evolving benchmarks for capturing and presenting their work. Light Years is attuned to this sensibility, whilst nodding also to the rapid acceleration of the market for contemporary photo media over the last decade.
In the years prior to the launch of the iPhone in 2007, the international art market for contemporary photography could be counted in single digit percentages. Today, at least 50% of all contemporary secondary market offerings are photo media. This Light Years exhibition, the first of its kind in Australia, will provide an additional gravitational slingshot to further accelerate this prodigious growth and development.
Outside of photography artists have begun to experiment with the visual and sensory effects of artificial light over the last 25 years. Often taking their cues from the theatre, these pioneering works included dynamic whole environment light displays which directly involved the viewer.
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