| Biography: | 1991
Peter Callas was born in Sydney,
Australia, in 1952 and studied at the
University of Sydney before working at
the Australian Broadcasting Commission
and as a lecturer at a number of colleges
and universities in Australia. In 1986
Callas was artist in residence at the
MKT studio in Tokyo and he has also
travelled extensively worldwide exhibiting
his work, teaching and curating.
His work has been seen on television in
Japan, America, the UK, Spain,
Germany and Australia and at festivals
and exhibitions worldwide
including 'Satellite Cultures' at the New
Museum of Contemporary Art in New
York (1989) and the '2nd Video
Television Festival Encore' in Tokyo
(1990). Peter Callas has received a
number of awards and prizes including a
special merit award at the '9th Tokyo
Video Festival' in 1986 and has worked
on artist's residencies in America, Japan
and Australia.
selected videography
Singing Stone: 1980
I Would Have Run But I Had A Heavy
Cold: 1980
Transition Transmissio : 1980
Curtain: 1980
Shared Shadow: 1980
Evidence: 1980
Our Potential Allies (dual screen): 1980
A Story Story (three monitor
installation): 1981
Elementary Alphabetical (three monitor
installation): 1981
Electric Wind (3 monitor video
installation): 1981 Massage: 1982
Kin Umi No Yoni/Cutting Like The Ocean
(installation): 1983
Kiri Umi No Yoni/Cutting Like The Ocean
(single tape): 1983
NinNin: 1983
1,979 Animals (dual screen): 1984
How To Make The Famous Pisco Sour
Version I (installation): 1985
Image Music: 1985
A Burning Church (installation): 1985
How To Make The Famous Pisco Sour
Version II: 1986
Bon Voyage: 1986
Double Trouble: 1986; Kommunication:
1986
Kmema No Yoru (Film Night): 1986
Karkador: 1986
The Esthetics Of Disappearance: 1986
Vision : 1986
Cutting Like The Ocean, A Didactic
Document: 1986
East Meets West: 1986
If Pigs Could Fly (the Media Machine)
(laserdisc installation): 1987
Style (multi-screen laserdisc
installation): 1988
Night's High Noon: 1988
Neo Geo: An American Purchase: 1989
Selected Exhibitions:
1991 Selected Screenings,
Kunstverein, Cologne.
1990 1st BIENNIAL OF THE MOVING
IMAGE, Reina Sofia, Madrid.
1989 Retrospective Screenings, The
Museum of Modern Art, NewYork. | | | Source: | "Video Positive 91", festival catalogue; "Video Positive 93", festival catalogue | | | Date of source: | 1991; 1993 |
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