Our new exhibition space EXPO5 with video art. Artist Viktoria Gudnadottir kicks things off!
With EXPO5, the new showcase exhibition space at Langestraat 56, Concordia offers you a different way of experiencing art that is unintentionally very topical. The video art in EXPO5 can be viewed safely by anyone walking (or cycling) past. What's more, it allows you to experience art in an exhibition context without actually having to visit an art institution...
Concordia is keen to show the broad scope of visual art, as well as the diversity of materials and applications. That is why, from June onwards, national video art will be on display 24/7 in the new ‘space’ EXPO5. This will take the form of a relay, with each artist choosing his or her successor. Video art is also interesting because of the experimental nature of the use of the medium of film. It has a different structure than regular film. For example, there is (often) no plot, the time span is short, and the medium with all its possibilities and limitations often serves as the subject. A simple recording of an event can take on a meaning in the presentation of video art that goes beyond its mere recording character. This layering has great appeal.
Anyone with a smartphone can make a video. But video artists can still show us the beauty of this phenomenon in a world full of moving images and media violence. Video artists use a medium that is very close to us. Think, for example, of the use of film in Instagram stories and TikTok. Through this now everyday medium, these artists link fantasy to the visible and tangible world.
From June 1 in EXPO5: Viktoria Gudnadottir
Viktoria is the leading video artist in Twente. She has previously exhibited at Concordia (together with Pim Muis, among others) and represented Concordia at the alternative art fair in Stockholm.