Time, light and movement are some of the core elements of the moving image in visual art. Perhaps that’s the most straightforward way to define the practices of video art and artists film, which are broad terms that carry the distinct histories of film, video, photography and performance, and might be shown in a cinema, on television or exhibited in a gallery.​​ This talk proposes a starting point to frame these different approaches, and discusses international artists who were innovators in the way that they use the medium of the moving image from the early 20th century to the present day.

About Sam I-shan:

Sam I-shan is an independent curator and arts organiser focusing on time-based media, photography, and art and politics. She also programmes for film festivals, specialising in artist films and video, and Southeast Asian and experimental cinema. With fifteen years’ experience in art institutional settings, she was previously curator at National Gallery Singapore, Singapore Art Museum and Esplanade Visual Arts. She is based in Cambodia and Singapore.