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On-site
The Substation, 1 Market Street, Newport, Victoria 3015, Australia
Dates
1 September–28 October 2017
Times
Wed–Sat 12–6pm
Fri 12–8pm
Format
Exhibition/​Free
Accessibility
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Free

Tickets

N/A

Future Tense is a group exhibition that explores positions in video art, that draft alternative visions for the future to establish histories that reflect on the present.

Combining video art, installation and new technology, the exhibition connects speculative narratives as a means to explore contemporary politics, histories and national identity.

Exhibiting artists include Antoinette J. Citizen, Hannah Brontë, Yael Bartana (Isr), Rachel Mason (US) with more to be announced. Curated By Alicia Renew and Kate Warren.

Feature image: Detail from Future Tense, The Substation, 2017, Photo: Courtesy of Channels

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Exhibition
Channels Festival,
The Australian Video Art Festival
The Australian Video Art Festival
1–10 September 2017
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Channels, The Australian Video Art Festival is the only festival dedicated to showcasing new contemporary moving image by some of the most exciting Australian and international artists.

In 2017, Channels looks to the future. In dialogue with artists, curators and the community, Channels poses an open question about the future and speculative narratives, which explore histories yet to be established. The theme ‘futures’ is an invitation to artists and collaborators who are experimental and innovative with their medium and ideas, exploring future selves, ideas, movements, politics and technologies.

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