Unlimited
Unlimited is João Vasco Paiva’s first major solo show and city wide public installation in Brisbane, Australia with Media Art Asia Pacific (MAAP). Coinciding with the opening weekend of the 8th Asia Pacific Triennial in Brisbane, Paiva will present at MAAP SPACE an installation around his recent film work ‘Unlimited’, 2014.
MAAP SPACE will present the two-channel video installation, Unlimited, 2014. The exhibition will run from Friday November 19 to Friday January 15 at MAAP SPACE. This recent work by Paiva creates an immersive experience of an expansive ocean crossing using digital imagery combined with a mesmerising sequence of abstract geometric maritime communication flags. Connecting to the imagery in the gallery installation at MAAP SPACE, Paiva introduces the naval communication flags into the journey along Brisbane River and City Cat environment. The artist will come to Brisbane to supervise the installation in gallery and also the positioning of the naval signal flags that will be visible on the Brisbane River from the City Cat ferry service.
João Vasco Paiva is considered one of Hong Kong’s leading emerging contemporary artists and has been exhibited widely in museums as well as galleries from Hong Kong and Portugal to the UK, Australia, Hungary and New York. Recently, Paiva was selected for the Encounters section of Art Basel Hong Kong 2015, completed a residency at Lichtenberg Studios, Berlin and was part of a group exhibition at the Witte de With, Rotterdam as well a travelling exhibition LANDSEASKY: revisiitng spatiality in video art touring through 2014-15 at venues including Artsonje, Seoul; OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shanghai; Guangdong Museum of Art, Guangzhou. Furthermore, Paiva held a major solo exhibition at the Orient Foundation in Macau and upcoming exhibitions include a solo show at Counter Space, Zurich. Finally, Paiva is the recipient of multiple awards, including the Hong Kong Emerging Artist Grant and the International Artist Support Grant awarded by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation in Portugal.
Image: João Vasco Paiva ‘Unlimited’ 2014 (video still) two channel video installation, audio