Fiona Tan: Falling Waters
Fiona Tan Rise and Fall 2009 Production still Courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery London
At last year’s Venice Biennale, Amsterdam-based artist Fiona Tan held large audiences in rapt attention at the Dutch Pavilion with a series of video installations that made stunning use of the on-location footage that has come to shape her recent work. One of the works in the pavilion was Rise and Fall, a two-channel film installation co-commissioned by the Vancouver Art Gallery and shot in Niagara Falls, Belgium and the Netherlands. Using images of water as a metaphor for memory and forgetting, the work broaches themes of dislocation, loss and isolation in a woman’s life, extending Tan’s interests in examining public and private constructions of identity. Born in Indonesia and raised in Australia, Tan has produced work that consistently underscores the global nature of contemporary culture. She has exhibited widely in numerous international shows and institutions including Documenta 11, the Yokohama Triennale, Lunds Konsthall, Pinakothek der Moderne, the Art Gallery of York University, Tate Modern and the New Museum. (750 Hornby St, Vancouver BC)
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Fiona Tan Rise and Fall 2009 Installation view Courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery London / photo Per Kristiansen |
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Fiona Tan The Changeling 2006 Film still Courtesy the artist and Frith Street Gallery London |
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